Lottenborg
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A small house here, at the border of Virum village's area, was the home of the gate keeper in the 18th century. His job was to make sure that stray cattle did not leave the village pastures. The house was called Vangehuset or "Jump-in" and the gate keeper also worked at Sorgenfri Castle. The castle was the home of Prince Frederik and Princess Sophie Frederikke with their son Christian Frederik, later King Christian VIII, who was born in 1786. In 1789 he got a little sister, Princess Charlotte, and Vangehuset renamed Lottenborg.
Princess Charlotte, who was a beautiful and talented woman was married the Landgrave William of Hesse-Kassel in 1810. He was an officer in the Danish army. They were both opponents of the Schleswig-Holstein liberation movement. Their daughter Louise was married Prince Christian of Glücksburg, the later King Christian IX in 1842.
Christian VIII had only one child, King Frederik VII, who was childless. This meant that the line in the House of Oldenburg was going to extinction. So it was important that Princess Charlotte was an heir to the Danish throne, and her son was recognized as a Danish heir to the throne in 1851. When Frederik VII died in 1863, the Glücksburg family took over the throne.
Lottenborg was in the 19th century a popular tea garden. Many guests came by road from Sorgenfri to Frederiksdal. It is said that the author of fairytales Hans Christian Andersen has played skittles at Lottenborg with BS Ingemann (priest and author of many hymns) and Hans Christian Oersted (scientist, discovered electromagnetism), and that Andersen's ball on that occasion ended up way down at Prinsessesstien. The story cannot be verified, but it is likely that both Andersen and many other famous people have visited the Lottenborg on the way to Frederiksdal.