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
Captain Charles Düval, of the Norwegian king's regiment stationed in
Copenhagen, met with the same fate. As, however, he was able to prove
his perfect innocence, he was recalled and given a company in the
Borncholm regiment. As we have seen, Brandt employed him to engage
actors in Paris for the king's playhouse; and he had been recommended
to the cabinet minister as a trustworthy man. By what means the captain
succeeded in cleansing himself from the stigma of trustworthiness to
his late employer, is not known.
It excited attention that about the same time one of the conspirators
received orders from the king to quit Copenhagen. This was the amply
rewarded Beringskjold, who was commanded to select as his residence
the little town of Wordingborg, at the southern extremity of Seeland,
and was told that he must not leave it under the king's most serious
displeasure. His offence is stated to have consisted in calling the
minister of foreign affairs, Von der Osten, a rogue, because he had
intrigued against Chamberlain Kragh being removed from his office
of governor of Laaland, so that Beringskjold might take his place.
It is probable, however, that a motive of greater weight led to his
banishment from the capital. As the reward he received in cash did
not satisfy him, he spread a report that he had foiled the plan of
excluding the king's children from the succession to the throne, and
this statement of his was repeated to the people in authority. For the
fact that the queen dowager at first entertained such plans in order to
elevate her beloved son to the throne, is as certain as that Guldberg
opposed them, for he was sensible enough to see that such a daring
scheme would be immediately followed by a protest from the nation and
the foreign powers, England at their head.
Of the other arrested persons, General Gude, and the three cabinet
clerks, Von Zoëga, Martini, and Panning, were soon after set at
liberty, and no further measures were taken against them. Frau von
Gähler, who had numerous friends, was removed from the citadel to her
own house as state prisoner, while her husband remained in prison. The
servants of the two counts, Struensee and Brandt, were set at liberty,
as innocent creatures beneath revenge.
On the other hand, the Chief Equerry Baron von Bülow, whose pretty
wife was regarded as an intriguing lady, received peremptory orders
to quit the capital at once, and as the couple were compelled to stay
on the road in Seeland, in order that the lady might get over her
accouchement, a second order was sent after them to hurry their journey
to Holstein. Herr von Bülow had drawn the hatred of the hereditary
prince on himself, by giving the prince's horses a stall separated from
the royal stables.
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