Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. 3 (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. 3 (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
Caroline Matilda, no longer regarded as Queen of Denmark after the
dissolution of her marriage, 141;
all her ties with Denmark broken off, 142;
her grief at the deaths of Struensee and Count Brandt, 142;
her generosity of mind, 142, 143;
the charges against her submitted to English lawyers, who declared
them unsubstantiated by evidence, 144;
the English court insisted that no sentence should be passed on
her, and fitted out a strong fleet, _ib._;
Walpole's version of the affair, _ib._;
his gossip respecting her, 145, 146;
title of "Countess of Aalborg" conferred on her, 145;
temper of the English with regard to, 146;
Sir R. M. Keith's active interference on her behalf, 147;
concessions of the Danish ministry, 147;
order of release presented to her by Keith, 149;
arrival of a squadron to take her away, 149, 150;
writes an affecting letter to her brother, _ib._;
resolved that she should take up her residence at Celle in
Hanover, and be allowed £8,000 a-year, 150;
interesting anecdote of, _ib._;
her affection for her children, 151, 152;
leaves a letter for the king, 153;
his grief at her departure, _ib._, _note_;
her suite, 153, 154;
her farewell to Denmark, 154;
the documents connected with the dissolution of her marriage
deposited in the secret archives, 156;
her arrival at Stade, and her joyous reception, 157;
her presents, _ib._;
her new suite, _ib._;
arrives at Celle, and takes up her abode in the royal chateau, 158;
her amiability and charitable disposition, _ib._;
her reading and studious pursuits, 159;
the happiness of her home, 160;
her great interest in her children, 162;
her conversations with Colonel Keith, 162 _et seq._;
Grub-street attacks on, exposed by Reverdil, 165, 166;
her course of life at Celle, 167 _et seq._;
her literary taste, 167, 168;
her court theatricals, 168;
her letter to her sister detailing her course of life at Celle, 169;
her great pleasure at receiving the portrait of her son, 170, 171;
Mr. Wraxall's introduction to, 173;
her gracious reception of him, and confiding affability, 173, 174;
again visited by Mr. Wraxall, who communicates a project, with
certain conditions, for restoring her to the throne of Denmark,
182, 186-9 (_see_ WRAXALL);
instructions respecting the project, 191;
her important conversations with Wraxall, and plans laid down for
further proceedings, 195 _et seq._, 221, 232;
her sudden death, 238, 302 (_see_ APPENDIX);
details of her illness, death, and funeral, 242-9;
suspected of having been poisoned, 248;
general mourning for in England, 250;
monuments erected to her memory, 251;
letter to her brother, written during her illness, and published
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