Shortly after Frederik delivered his New Year's address on 31 December 1971, he became ill with flu-like symptoms. On 1 January 1972, he received treatment for pneumonia, with his New Year levées scheduled for 5 and 6 January being cancelled. On 3 January, he suffered a
cardiac arrest and was rushed to the
Copenhagen Municipal Hospital. After a brief period of apparent improvement, the king's condition deteriorated further on 11 January, and he died three days later, on 14 January, at 7:50 pm surrounded by his immediate family and closest friends, having been unconscious since the previous day. He was succeeded by his eldest daughter,
Margrethe II. Following his death, Frederik's coffin was transported to his home at
Amalienborg Palace, where it stood until 18 January, when it was moved to the
chapel at
Christiansborg Palace. There, the coffin was placed on
castrum doloris, a ceremony largely unchanged since introduced at the burial of
Frederik III in 1670, and the last remaining royal ceremony where the
Danish Crown Regalia is used. The king then
lay in state for six days until his
funeral, during which period the public could pay their last respects. The funeral took place on 24 January 1972, and was split in two parts. A brief ceremony was first held in the chapel where the king had lain in state, in which the
Bishop of Copenhagen, , said a brief prayer, followed by a hymn, before the coffin was carried out of the chapel by members of the
Royal Life Guards and placed on a
gun carriage for a procession to the
Copenhagen Central Station. The gun carriage was pulled by 48
seamen and was escorted by
honor guards from the Danish
Army,
Air Force, and
Navy, as well as honor guards from France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. At the Copenhagen Central Station, the coffin was placed on a special railway carriage for the rail journey to
Roskilde. The
funeral train was pulled by two
DSB class E steam engines. Once in Roskilde, the coffin was pulled through the city by a group of
seamen to
Roskilde Cathedral where the final ceremony took place. Previous rulers had been interred in the cathedral, but it was the King's wish to be buried outside. Queen Ingrid survived her husband by 28 years. She died on 7 November 2000. Her remains were interred alongside him at the burial site outside Roskilde Cathedral. ==Legacy==