Circa 1863. King Christian IX ruled from Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen. His family grew into a continental dynasty. Crown Prince Frederik was born in 1843. He later became King Frederik VIII in 1906. He married Princess Louise of Sweden in Stockholm in 1869. Princess Alexandra married the future King Edward VII in Windsor in 1863. Princess Dagmar married Tsarevich Alexander in St. Petersburg in 1866. She became Empress Maria Feodorovna. Princess Thyra wed Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland,