Danneskjold Samsöe, count, 75; his genealogy, 75, _note_; his court intrigues and influence, 76; his dismissal, 109. Danneskjold Laurvig, count von, the Danish minister, 188; his high character, 190; his daughter married to Count Holck, 198. ---- admiral, dismissed, 271. Dehn, baron von, 47. DENMARK, Caroline Matilda's journey to, 47; court of, 50; the royal family of, and right of succession to the throne, 51; possession of Schleswig-Holstein vital importance to, 51, 52, _note_; government of, under Frederick V., 68; subsidies paid to, 68; ruinous condition of, 69; names of the royal family of, 78; and their feelings towards Caroline Matilda, 88, 89; various festivals and amusements introduced into, 90; enactment for the punishment of fanatics and murderers, 107; protection extended to the Society of Arts at Copenhagen, _ib._; composition of the ministry, 114; heavy debts of, when Christian VII. ascended the throne, 127; state of the kingdom, 128, 129; the members of the ministry, 188; public discontent, 190; depressed state of, 193; existence of serfdom in, 193; changes at court, 195; state of the court, 240-2; general anarchy of the kingdom, 243; state of, under Struensee, 253; historical retrospect of, 254 _et seq._; the _Lex Regia_, _ib._; foreigners in, 254; titles and honours bestowed, 256, 257; useless expenses incurred, 257, 258; her increasing debt, 258; war with Algiers, 260, 261; her naval expedition against Algiers, 261; abolition of the censorship, 262; great changes and proposed reforms, 270, 271; her foreign affairs, 273; Russian alliance with, 273; her home affairs, 274; collection of the taxes, 275; court reforms, 277; public morals, 278; the council of state reorganised, 279; changes in the privy council, 281; levity of the court, 285; bad harvest in, 294; visit of the princes of Sweden to, _ib._; letter of the government to the Empress of Russia, 297; reorganisation of the privy council, 304; council suppressed by royal decree, 305; council of conferences established, 307; the king becomes absolute, _ib._; reforms in, 308; freedom of the press, _ib._; the court language of, 309; great reforms in every department of the state, 324 _et seq._; state debts of, 330; negotiations with Russia, 340; Struensee's absolute power, 348, 353; dissatisfaction with the government measures., 348, 359; her foreign relations, 357. Desnoyers, the French dancing master, 1. Divorces, number of, in George the Third's reign, 11. Dorchester, lady, ex-mistress of George II., anecdote of, 8. Dorset, Sackville, duke of, 192.