FREDERICK VIII

born June 3, 1843, Copenhagen died May 14, 1912, Hamburg king of Denmark in 190612. Frederick served in the disastrous DanishGerman War of 1864, which lost the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauenburg for Denmark. He then assisted his father, Christian IX, in affairs of state. In 1907, as king, he formed a commission to draft a partial home rule bill for Iceland, but nothing came of it. Frederick VIII's popularity was based on his sincerity in politics, his congeniality, and his simple life-style.