What is Christian VII of Denmark?
{{unref|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox royalty |name = Christian VII |image = Christian VII 1772 by Roslin.jpg |caption = Portrait by [[Alexander Roslin]], [[Circa|c.]]&nbsp;1772 |succession = [[List of rulers of Denmark|King of Denmark]] and [[List of Norwegian monarchs|Norway]] |moretext = ([[Style of the Danish sovereign|more...]]) |reign = 14 January 1766&nbsp;– 13 March 1808 |coronation = 1 May 1767<br/>[[Christiansborg Palace Chapel]] |predecessor = [[Frederick V of Denmark|Frederick V]] |successor = [[Frederick VI of Denmark|Frederick VI]] |spouse = {{marriage|[[Caroline Matilda of Great Britain]]|1766|1772|end=div}} |issue = [[Frederick VI of Denmark]]<br />[[Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark|Louise Auguste, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg]] |house = [[House of Oldenburg|Oldenburg]] |father = [[Frederick V of Denmark]] |mother = [[Louise of Great Britain]] |birth_date = {{Birth date|1749|1|29|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Christiansborg Palace]], [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|1808|3|13|1749|1|29|df=y}} |death_place = [[Rendsburg]], [[Duchy of Holstein]] |burial_place = [[Roskilde Cathedral]] |religion = [[Lutheran]] }} '''Christian VII of Denmark''' (29 January 1749 – 13 March 1808) was the [[List of Danish monarchs|King]] of [[Denmark]] and [[Norway]] from 1766 to 1808, and the [[duke]] of [[Schleswig]] and [[Holstein]]. He was the son of King [[Frederick V of Denmark]] and [[Louise of Great Britain]]. ==Early life== He lost his mother at the age of three. His stepmother, [[Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], did not take an interest in him, and preferred her own son, [[Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark|Frederik]]. Christian suffered from [[epilepsy|epileptic seizures]]. His educator, [[Count Detlev of Reventlow]], educated him very severely, locking him up in dark chambers for hours at times. Starting at an early age, Christ