Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. 1 (of 3): Queen of Denmark and Norway, and Sister of H. M. George III. of EnglandWraxall, Lascelles, Sir
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Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. 1 (of 3): Queen of Denmark and Norway, and Sister of H. M. George III. of England
Wraxall, Lascelles, Sir
Caroline Mathilde, Queen, consort of Christian VII, King of Denmark, 1751-1775; Denmark -- History -- Christian VII, 1766-1808
Walpole's satirical sketches of his visit and its amusements,
137 _et seq._;
his interview with the Princess Dowager, 139;
his journey to Yorkshire, 142;
his visits to Cambridge, and also to Oxford,
where he received the honorary degree of D.C.L., 143;
magnificently entertained by the City of London, 144, 148;
entertained at Richmond Lodge, Carlton House, &c., 148, 149;
his sarcasm against the Princess Dowager, 149;
gives a grand masked ball at the Opera House, 149, 150;
his departure from England, 151;
execrable verses on, _ib._;
sketches of his private life and character, 152-158;
his adventure with the money lender, 154-6;
Walpole's character of him, 157;
his wife's letter respecting him, 161;
his journey to France, and arrival at Paris, 175;
his reception by Louis XV., 175;
his private interview with him, 177;
his reception at Paris, and his visits to the various institutions,
178 _et seq._;
dines with the Academicians, 180;
his high opinion of Paris, 182;
his munificence, 183;
his return home, 185;
his joyous reception, 187;
the members of his ministry, 188;
distressed state of the country on his return, 191;
his trip to Schleswig and Holstein with the queen, 228;
dismisses his court, 235;
state of his court, 240-2;
state reforms effected by his minister, 270 _et seq._,
(_see_ DENMARK);
his madness and hopeless condition, 290, 291;
his freaks of madness, 291, 292;
suppresses his council by public decree, 305;
becomes absolute, 307;
celebration of his birthday, 314;
his administrative changes and reforms, 318 _et seq._;
appoints Struensee privy cabinet minister, with all the power of
grand vizier, 347, 350;
his insanity clearly manifested, 374, 375.
Christiansborg, palace of, 311.
Chudleigh, Miss, at the fancy ball, 31.
Civic council of Copenhagen, reorganization of the, 325.
Condé, prince de, 181.
Conti, prince de, 172.
Copenhagen, institutions and laws of extensively reformed, 325
_et seq._;
"Court and Town Council" of established, 327. (See DENMARK, and
CHRISTIAN VII.)
Council of Conferences, established after the suppression of the
Privy Council, 307.
Court of Denmark, state of the, 240-2;
changes and reductions in the, 327, 328;
amusements of the, 84, 85;
intrigues connected with the, 29, 77, 80, 122 _et seq._, 363, 364.
Court language of Denmark, 309.
Court reforms in Denmark, 277.
Cresset, the favourite of the Princess Augusta, 20;
anecdote of, 22.
Cumberland, duke, anecdote of, 16.
D.
Dames de la Halle, 183.
Damiens, execution of, 173.
Danish language, complaints against the disuse of, 359, 360.
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