Crown Prince Frederik — Denmark

Generated portrait. Not a historical photograph.

Overview

Crown Prince Frederik is already on the Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview. On 2 April 1801 he accepted the flag-of-truce terms Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview sent ashore, and firing died away.¹

The Day

This note covers that day only. Later kingship, 1807, and a full Danish court stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

By 2pm the Danish line was largely silenced but Trekroner Fort — Copenhagen still fired. Nelson sent a letter offering humanitarian terms. Frederik accepted. The armistice signed 9 April, with this acceptance, broke the League of Armed Neutrality of the North 1800–1801.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit — pp. 374–408
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Persons
• Political_Leaders_Index — first primary note in an empty political-leaders room

Same Battle

• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
• Copenhagen — Denmark
• Hyde Parker — British Admiral
• Fischer Olfert — Danish Commodore
• Stewart William — Lt-Col
• Trekroner Fort — Copenhagen
• League of Armed Neutrality of the North 1800–1801

Cross-Domain

• Baltic Naval Stores — 1800–1801
• Age of Sail — Era Overview

Footnotes

1. Accepted the flag of truce; firing died away: Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview. ↩

2. Trekroner still firing; humanitarian terms; armistice 9 April: same battle note. Do not add a later reign or 1807. ↩