Brussels, Belgium
17th century
Brussels, Belgium
1420-1444
Brussels, Belgium
1803
Brussels, Belgium
1776
Brussels, Belgium
1783
Brussels, Belgium
c. 1400
Brussels, Belgium
c. 1047
Brussels, Belgium
13th century
Brussels, Belgium
1381
Dilbeek, Belgium
12th century
Brussels, Belgium
1898
Brussels, Belgium
1893
Meise, Belgium
c. 1300
Brussels, Belgium
c. 1196
Brussels, Belgium
1898
Beersel, Belgium
c. 1420
Brussels, Belgium
1782
Brussels, Belgium
1905-1911
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.