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 | | Amalienborg is the centerpiece of Frederiksstad, a district that was built by King Frederik V to commemorate in 1748 the 300 year jubilee of the Olderburg familyâs ascent to the throne of Denmark, and in 1749 the 300 year jubilee of the coronation of Christian I of Denmark. |
 | | It was built by Queen Sofie Amalie, consort to Frederik III on part of the land which King Christian IV had acquired outside of Copenhagen's old walled city, now known as the Indre By district, in the early 1600s. |
 | | On April 15, 1689 King Christian V, Sophie Amalieâs son, celebrated his forty-fourth birthday at the palace with the presentation of a German opera, perhaps the first opera presentation in Denmark, in a specially built, temporary theatre. |
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