Chourlouli, Grand Vizir, breaks his promise of help to Charles XII, 194; Poniatowski plots against, 195; the Sultan’s favourite helps towards his downfall, 198; is dismissed and banished, _ib._ Christian II, King of Denmark, 6; driven from Sweden by Gustavus Vasa, 8 Christian III, King of Denmark, makes arrangement with his brother concerning the Duchies of Holstein and Sleswick, 18 Christine, Queen of Sweden, her character, 9; her resignation, 9, 10 Clement XI threatens excommunication to those who assist at coronation of Stanislas, 107 Clergy forbidden by King of Sweden to take part in politics, 108 Clissau, victory of Swedes at, 81 Constantinople, its position as the centre of Christendom, 234; Swedish and Russian factions at, 234; bad policy of the Porte, 237 Copenhagen, Charles XII’s success at, 43, 44 Coumourgi-Ali-Pasha, favourite of the Sultan, his history, 197; plots downfall of Grand Vizir, 197, 198; secretly protects the Russian cause, 238, 239; his plans, 240; his intrigues, 277, 278; made Grand Vizir, 284 Cracow, Charles XII, entry of, 82 Criminals, Turkish law concerning, 199 Danes, attacked by Steinbock and his raw recruits, 207, 208; cut to pieces by, 208 Dantzig, punishment of, by Charles XII’s troops, 88 Delecarlia sends deputation to Regency at Stockholm offering to go and rescue the king, 209 Demotica, Charles XII’s residence at, 278 _ff._ Diet, held in Poland and Lithuania, description of, 64; duties of, 65; summoned to meet at Warsaw, 70; factions in, 70, 71; breaks up in disorder, 73; assembled by Charles XII, 83; by Peter the Great at Leopold, and Lubin, 132, 133 Dresden, visit of Charles XII to Augustus at, 142, 143 Edwiga Eleanora of Holstein, wife of Charles X, her regency, 14-16 Elbing, entered by Charles XII, 89 England, her neutral pose, 234; secretly favours the Czar, _ib._; alliance of, with the Porte, 234, 235 Europe, state of, at the period of Charles XII’s return to his country, 292 _ff._ Fabricius, envoy of Holstein, 251; is persuaded of the integrity of the Kan and the Pasha, 252; is anxious to mediate for Charles XII, but king receives him coldly, 253; he makes a last effort to save the king, 254; is overcome at seeing the king a prisoner and with rent clothes, 268; undertakes to ransom the prisoners, 269 Ferdinand IV, King of Denmark, 17; attacked and defeated by Charles XII, 40-46; treaty with, 46, 87; renews his claim to Holstein, 202 Fleming, General, minister of King Augustus, his correspondence with the Kan of Tartary, 242; letter of his seized by Charles XII’s courier, 242 Frauenstadt, battle of, 115, 116 Frederic, Prince of Hesse-Cassel, Charles XII marries his sister to, 301; accompanies his brother-in-law in his expedition into Norway, 314 Fredericshall, besieged by Charles XII, 330; death of king at, 332; the siege raised, 336