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
DENMARK, the constitution of, gives the king absolute power, 40, NOTE;
feeling of the nation at Struensee's conduct, 42;
state trials, and execution of the ministers Counts Struensee and
Brandt, 89, 93;
Caroline Matilda's farewell to, 154, 155;
counter-revolution in, proposed, 177;
the new ministry growing unpopular, _ib._;
plan for effecting the counter-revolution in, 225;
terminated only by the death of the queen, 241, (_see_ CAROLINE
MATILDA, and WRAXALL);
retrospective view of, 259 _et seq._;
political reaction in, 259;
all the reforms of Struensee's government abolished, and the
abuses of "the good old times" restored, 260 _et seq._;
triumvirate in the government, 262;
disunion among the conspirators, 263;
fate of the ministers, 264 _et seq._;
the indigenate law of, 281;
the crown prince enters the council of state, 284;
effects the overthrow of ministry by a _coup d'état_, 285, 286;
the counter-revolution completely effected, 287.
E.
Egede, Professor J., anecdote told by, 260.
Eickstedt, Hans Henry von, his political career, 270;
his sudden dismissal, 271;
retires to the island of Fühnen, where he dies, _ib._
Elliot, Mr., British envoy at Copenhagen, 288, _note_.
England sends a squadron for the release of Caroline Matilda, 149.
Exiles of Denmark, their project for effecting a
counter-revolution, 177.
F.
Falckenskjold, his notes on the trial of Struensee, 47, 48, 50,
54, 55, 64, 101;
decided that he should be the victim of judicial vengeance for his
admiration of Struensee, 104;
his detection of the quarter-master's roguery, 106;
groundless charges against, 116-119;
sentenced to be imprisoned for life in the fortress of Munkholm, 124;
account of his voyage to Munkholm, 125;
his description of the fortress, 126, 127;
his treatment, 128 _et seq._;
his solace and recreation, 130 _et seq._;
his disposition to misanthropy, 130;
increased severity in his treatment, 133;
wretchedness of his domicile, 134;
insulted by the commandant, _ib._;
receives a royal pardon, and an order for his release, 136;
conditions of his release, 137;
allowed to take ship for Holland, 139;
fixes his domicile at Montpellier, _ib._;
receives permission to retire to the Pays de Vaud, _ib._;
the court of Petersburg proposes to him the post of chief of the
staff in the army, but the court of Copenhagen refuses its
assent, 139, 140;
in 1788 he visits Copenhagen, 140;
the Danish government recalls him, and confers on him the rank and
pay of a major-general, 140;
ends his days in comfort, and dies at the advanced age of
eighty-two, _ib._;
his evidence of Queen Matilda's innocence and purity of mind, 254.
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