Editing Amalienborg (section)

===As a royal residence===
When the Royal Family found themselves homeless after the [[Christiansborg Palace (1st)|Christiansborg Palace]] fire of 1794, the palaces were empty for long periods throughout the year, with the exception of the Brockdorff Palace, which housed the [[Royal Danish Naval Academy|Naval Academy]]. The noblemen who owned them were willing to part with their mansions for promotion and money, and the Moltke and Schack Palaces were acquired in the course of a few days.<ref name=ref1 /> Since that date successive royal family members have lived at Amalienborg as a [[royal residence]] and kings have lent their names to the four palaces; [[Moltke's Palace|Christian VII's Palace]], Christian VIII's Palace, [[Brockdorff's Palace|Frederik VIII's Palace]] and Christian IX's Palace.

A colonnade, designed by royal architect [[Caspar Frederik Harsdorff]], was added in 1794–1795 to connect the recently occupied King's palace, Moltke Palace, with that of the Crown Prince, Schack's Palace.

On the morning of 9 April 1940, the day of the [[German invasion of Denmark (1940)|German invasion of Denmark]] during [[World War II]], Amalienborg palace was the site of an hour-long firefight between the [[Royal Life Guards (Denmark)|Danish Royal Life Guards]] and the 2nd Battalion of 308th Infantry Regiment of the [[198th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)|German 198th Infantry Division]]. The firefight ended after [[Christian X of Denmark]] called for a ceasefire to spare his country from destruction.<ref name=":02">{{Cite book |author=Dildy |first=Douglas C. |title=Denmark and Norway 1940: Hitler's Boldest Operation |publisher=Osprey Publishing |year=2007 |isbn=9781846031175 |location=Oxford |pages=36}}</ref>