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
his letter to Count Rantzau, 81;
his farewell to his brother Justiz-rath Struensee, 83;
his procession to the place of execution, 86, 87;
his hopes of salvation, 90;
his behaviour, 91;
his execution and horrible death, 93;
his head exposed on a pole, 94;
his skull eventually stolen by four English sailors, 94 _note_;
his character, 96 _et seq._;
in prosperity not a hero, in misfortune cowardly and worthless, 96;
of the romantic episodes of his life, 96;
his acquirements, 97;
his enlightened despotism, 98;
remarks on his administration, 99;
his mistaken policy, 100;
after his fall behaved like a coward and a traitor, 100;
Baron Seckendorf's account of his administration and the plots
against his life, 199 _note_.
Struensee, Justiz-rath, his intercommunication with his brother, 83;
charges brought against him, 120;
his high character, 121;
his honorable conduct while in Prussia, 122;
honored with the distinguished favor of Prince Henry of
Prussia, _ib._;
released from prison, 124;
becomes minister of state in Prussia and ennobled in 1789, 124.
Sturtz, councillor, groundless charges brought against, 107;
biographical notices of, _ib._;
how disposed of, 110, 112;
dies of grief, 112.
Suffolk, lord, his letter to Sir R. M. Keith respecting queen
Matilda, 147;
Keith's letter to, 161; Wraxall's fruitless visit to, 202, 203.
Suhm, the historian, 95;
his anecdote of the dowager queen's avenging spirit, 96.
T.
Texier, M. le, treasurer to Christian VII., 176;
proposes to Mr. Wraxall a project for restoring the Queen of
Denmark, 179, 180;
letters to be addressed to, 199.
Thirty-two, council of the, 41.
Torp, the valet, his evidence, 5.
Traventhal league, 113.
"Trésor," the, reserved by Struensee as a special cabinet treasury,
46, 47.
Trondhjem, garrison of, 127, 128;
(_see_ MUNKHOLM).
U.
Uldall, commissioner, announces to Struensee the sentence passed
upon him, 71.
V.
Vardohuus, a small fort built by Christian IV., 129.
W.
Walpole, Horace, his version of the sailing of the British fleet, 144;
his gossip respecting Queen Caroline Matilda, 145.
Warnstedt, count, his alleged freedoms with the king, 5.
Willebrandt, Etats-rath, groundless charges brought against, 108;
how he was disposed of, 111, 112.
Wiwet, Fiscal General, his charges against Count Brandt, 1.
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