Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. 2 (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. 2 (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
Braëm, Conferenz-rath, sends anonymous admonitory letters to Brandt,
3, 17;
one of the judges for the trial of Struensee, 179;
his threats and abuse, _ib._
Brandt, count, anonymous warning letter sent to, 3;
his levities, 15, 16;
receives a second anonymous letter, 17;
his letter of complaint to Struensee, 27;
Struensee's letter to, 34;
his treacherous proposals for arresting Struensee, 47-49;
his duty to find the king amusement, 60;
exposed to his Majesty's mad freaks, 61;
his personal conflict with the king, 62;
appointed master of the wardrobe, 63;
his arrest, 109;
his wretched cell, 110;
cruelly treated in prison, 148;
his conduct, 150;
his curiosity about matters of gallantry, 182, _note_;
his examination before the privy council of state, 184;
his character, 185;
his apparent conversion, _ib._;
was he a hypocrite? 186;
Dr. Hee's character of him, 187;
the Fiscal General's statements respecting, 261, 262;
account of his fight with the king, 278.
Bruhn, the queen's maid, 218, 219.
Budget, the, 349.
Bülow, baron von, 15, 53, 97, 123;
expelled the kingdom, 143;
his opinion of Struensee's confession, 181.
Bute, earl of, libellous attack on, 173, 174.
C.
Cabinet, business of the departments under the king's supervision,
according to Struensee's statement, 346 _et seq._;
plan of conducting the business, 353;
its orders emanated from the king, 355.
CAROLINE MATILDA, the ladies of her court, and her court amusements,
64, 65;
conspiracy against, 84-104; her arrest, 113;
her firmness and desperate courage, 114, 115;
variations in the accounts of her arrest, and the different
authorities, 116, _note_;
committed to the fortress of Kronborg, 117;
her profound grief and despair, 117, 118;
her harsh treatment, 118;
her miserable apartments at Kronborg, 119 _et note_;
persecution and arrests of her friends and adherents, 141 _et seq._;
her two maids of honour expatriated, 143;
sensation caused in England by her arrest, 158 _et seq._;
her defence, 162;
vigorous appeal by Junius on behalf of, 171;
attacks on, and defence of, 175;
her treatment fiendish and cruel, 177;
her trial, 203 _et seq._;
her suite composed of spies and gaolers, 203;
her letters to Sir R. Keith, 205;
letter to the king, 206;
commission appointed to examine her, 207;
her fatal confession, 211;
Lawyer Bang's indictment of, 213 _et seq._;
his recapitulation of charges and accusations against her, and
prayer for a divorce, 214-229;
her advocate Uldall, 231;
and his defence, 233-250;
appeal to the king in her favour, 251;
the sentence passed upon her, 254.
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