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
Dubarry, Madame, the mistress of Louis XV., 168, 169.
Dubois, cardinal, 172.
Duras, duc de, presents to the, 183.
Düring, Major, 120.
Durfort, duc de, 171.
E.
Edwin, Lady Charlotte, 17.
Eighteenth century, habits and manners of the, 7-9;
excessive gambling of the, 9;
vices of the, 10 _et seq._
English, poetical sketch of the, 186.
Ennui, arises from etiquette, 218.
Etioles, Madame de, 166;
afterwards Madame Pompadour, 167.
Executions, for robbery and murder in the 18th century, 12.
Eyben, Fräulein von, 88.
F.
Fair Amazon, the, 165.
Falckenskjold, Seneca Otho von, biographical notices of, 320;
employed by Struensee in diplomatic matters with Russia, 321
_et seq._
Filosofow, major-general, chevalier, the Russian diplomatist,
insults Struensee, 221;
intrigues of, 244, 245;
appointed minister plenipotentiary of Russia, 253.
Finances, college of, 330;
deputies appointed to, 331.
Flavecourt, Madame de, 178;
valuable present to, 184.
Flaxboom, curious mistake in the translation of, 310.
Foreign affairs of Denmark, 273.
Foundling Hospital, established by Struensee, 295.
France, wretched state of, in 1745, 163;
the degraded noblesse of, 163, 164;
all the signs of an impending revolution manifested under Louis
XV., 167;
destruction of the ancien regime, 168;
matrimony entirely disregarded in, 171;
universal libertinism in, 171 _et seq._;
prevalence of superstition in, 173;
chivalry of, 174.
Frederick, crown prince of Denmark, his refractory temper, 286;
his course of education, 287 _et seq._;
at court, 378.
Frederick, Prince of Wales (_see_ WALES, prince of).
Frederick III. of Germany, 254.
Frederick V. of Denmark, surnamed "the Good," 52;
anecdote of, _ib. note_;
inconsolable at the loss of his wife, 52, 53;
married to the Princess Juliana Maria of Wolfenbüttel, 53;
his illness, 65;
his death, 43, 66;
sorrow caused thereby, 67;
his government, 68.
Frederick VI. of Denmark, birth of, 108.
Frederiks_berg_ and Frederiks_borg_, the distinction between,
311, 312.
Frederiksborg, palace of, 250, 251.
Frederikson, the money lender, 154;
King Christian's adventure with, 155.
Funerals, expenses of, curtailed, 326.
G.
Gabel, Frau von, her acquaintance with Dr. Struensee, and intrigues
with the king, 216.
Gähler, General von, wife of, 222;
the enemy of Struensee, 363.
Gambier, Admiral, 151.
Gambling of the eighteenth century, 9.
Gardes du corps, 336.
Garrick's interview with King Christian, 150.
George I., his mistresses, 8;
coarseness of manners introduced by, _ib._
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