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
Theatre Royal, royal quarrel at the, 293, 294.
Theatricals, introduced into the Danish court, 90.
Thott, count von, the Danish Minister, 188;
his high character, 189;
his dismissal, 307;
joins the newly formed ministry in 1772, 307, _note_.
V.
Vices of the eighteenth century, 9 _et seq._
Villeroy, Magdaleine de, Duchesse de Boufflers, libertinism of, 171.
Voltaire sings the praises of Christian VII., 131.
W.
Waldegrave, lord, 30.
Wales, Augusta princess of, 1;
state of society at the time of her husband's death, 13;
her family, _ib. et note_;
her income, 14;
delivered of a princess, Caroline Matilda, 15;
libels on, _ib._;
Melcombe's anecdotes of, 16 _et seq._;
her encouragement of native industry, 26;
anecdote of, 26, 27;
her unbounded sway over the king, 31;
her departure for the continent, 246;
her meeting with the King and Queen of Denmark, 248;
coldness between her and her daughter, _ib._;
her return to England, 249.
Wales, Frederick prince of, his death, 1;
his character, 2;
retrospect of his life, 2 _et seq._;
his reply to the city addresses on the birth of his son, 2;
to whom his bad qualities were attributable, 5;
his visit to Pope, _ib._;
his extravagance, _ib._;
satirical epitaph on, 6;
influenced by the manners of the age, 7;
state of society at the time
of his death, 7-13;
his widow and family, 13 _et note_;
Walpole's account of, 26 _et seq._;
court intrigues in his family, 29. (See GEORGE, PRINCE of).
Walpole, Horace, his biographical sketches and anecdotes, 15, 16, 19;
his account of Frederick prince of Wales, 26 _et seq._;
his satirical sketches of King Christian's visit to London, 137
_et seq._;
his character of the king, 157.
Warnstedt, chamberlain von, 211, 227, 230;
his treatment at Petersburg, 298;
his dismissal, 318;
Sir R. M. Keith's notices of, _ib. note_.
Wasmer, von, dismissed, 318.
Wegener, lieutenant-colonel von, made intendant of the court, 317.
Weilburg, princess of, 47.
Wessel, Peter, appointed assessor of the new court at Copenhagen, 327.
Whitehead, Mr., the poet-laureat, 48.
William III. governed by his men, 4, _note_.
Wolfenbüttel, Princess Juliana Maria of, married to Frederick V. King
of Denmark, 53;
marriage of her sisters to Frederick, and Prince Augustus William,
of Prussia, _ib._;
her character, 53, 54;
suspicions against her, 55, 56.
Woodford, Mr., British minister in Lower Saxony, 249.
Worsley, lady, suit against, for divorce, 10, 11;
her vicious propensities, 11.
Wraxall, Mr., of Bristol, his letter to his son respecting the queen,
36.
Y.
"Yellow Horse," the, 319, _note_.
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