Kraków, Poland
11th century
Kraków, Poland
1290-1320
Warsaw, Poland
1390
Kraków, Poland
14th century
Gdańsk, Poland
1343
Kraków, Poland
1079-1098
Wrocław, Poland
14th century
Kraków, Poland
1597-1619
Kraków, Poland
1689-1705
Kraków, Poland
13th century
Gdańsk, Poland
1678-1681
Wrocław, Poland
13th century
Warsaw, Poland
1682
Toruń, Poland
c. 1750
Wrocław, Poland
13th century
Poznań, Poland
1651-1701
Lublin, Poland
1592-1617
Wrocław, Poland
13th century
Wrocław, Poland
1295
Toruń, Poland
14th century
Rosenborg Palace was built in the period 1606-34 as Christian IV’s summerhouse just outside the ramparts of Copenhagen. Christian IV was very fond of the palace and often stayed at the castle when he resided in Copenhagen, and it was here that he died in 1648. After his death, the palace passed to his son King Frederik III, who together with his queen, Sophie Amalie, carried out several types of modernisation.
The last king who used the place as a residence was Frederik IV, and around 1720, Rosenborg was abandoned in favor of Frederiksborg Palace.Through the 1700s, considerable art treasures were collected at Rosenborg Castle, among other things items from the estates of deceased royalty and from Christiansborg after the fire there in 1794.
Soon the idea of a museum arose, and that was realised in 1833, which is The Royal Danish Collection’s official year of establishment.