Chapter I: Front Matter

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LIFE AND TIMES

OF

HER MAJESTY CAROLINE MATILDA.

LIFE AND TIMES

OF

HER MAJESTY

CAROLINE MATILDA,

QUEEN OF DENMARK AND NORWAY,

AND

SISTER OF H. M. GEORGE III. OF ENGLAND,

FROM FAMILY DOCUMENTS AND PRIVATE STATE ARCHIVES.

BY

SIR C. F. LASCELLES WRAXALL, BART.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

LONDON:

WM. H. ALLEN & CO., 13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W.

1864.

[_All Rights reserved._]

LEWIS AND SON, PRINTERS, SWAN BUILDINGS, MOORGATE STREET.

CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

CHAPTER I.

THE TRIAL OF COUNT BRANDT.

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The Indictment--Brandt at Court--The Assault on the King--The
King's Deposition--The Queen and Struensee--Duty of
a Good Citizen--The Confidant--The Alleged Forgery--The
Sentence Proposed--The Defence--The King at Home--Duties
of the Favourite--A Man of Courage--The Royal Gift--Brandt's
Letter to his Judges--A Modest Request--Hurried
Proceedings 1

CHAPTER II.

THE TWO COUNTS.

Struensee's Sentence--His General Conduct--The Maître des Requêtes--The
German Language--Struensee's Despotism--The
Council of the Thirty-two--The Cabinet Minister--The King's
Presents--Struensee's Precautions--His Downfall--The Sentence
Approved--Count Brandt--His Assault on the King--His
Behaviour--The Royal Assent 33

CHAPTER III.

THE EXECUTION.

Confirmation of the Sentence--Struensee's Correspondence--Rantzau's
Treachery--An Unfeeling Court--Struensee's Penitence--The
Scaffold--April 28--Execution of Brandt--Horrible
Details--Death of Struensee--His Character--Enlightened
Despotism--The First Servant of the State--The Queen
Dowager 71

CHAPTER IV.

THE HIGH COMMISSION.

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The Ten Prisoners--The Report--Lt.-Colonel von Hesselberg--Etats-rath
Willebrandt--Professor Berger--Unjust Sentences--Von
Gähler--Falckenskjold and Struensee--Serious Crimes--The
Sentence--The Royal Approval--The Fortress of Munkholm--The
Commandant--Resignation--The Order of Release--Curious
Conditions--Death of Falckenskjold 103

CHAPTER V.

DEPARTURE OF THE QUEEN.

The British Fleet--Spirited Conduct of Keith--The Order of Release--The
Prisoner Louisa Augusta--The Departure--The
Landing at Stade--The Stay at Göhrde--Arrival in Celle--The
Queen's Court--A Happy Family--Keith's Mission--Literary
Pirates--Reverdil to the Rescue 141

CHAPTER VI.

THE SECRET AGENT.

The Court at Celle--Mr. Wraxall--Presentation to the
Queen--Hamburg--The Danish Nobility--The Proposition--The
Credentials--Return to Celle--Baron von Seckendorf--The
Queen's Acceptance--Another Visit to Celle--The Interview
in the Jardin François--Caroline Matilda's Agreement--The
Inn in the Wood--Baron von Bülow--A Strange Adventure--Arrival
in England 167

CHAPTER VII.

'TWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP.

Baron von Lichtenstein--The King's Instructions--The Arrival
from Hamburg--The Four Articles--A Terrible Journey--Arrival
at Celle--Interview with the Queen--Baron von Seckendorf--The
Answer from Copenhagen--The Appeal to George
III.--The Counter-Revolution--Another Visit to Celle--The
Last Interview--The Queen's Gratitude--Return to London--Waiting
for the Answer--A Sudden Blow 202

CHAPTER VIII.

DEATH OF CAROLINE MATILDA.

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The Typhus Fever--Death of the Page--The Queen's Visit--Symptoms
of Illness--Dr. Zimmermann--Pastor Lehzen--Caroline
Matilda's Goodness of Heart--Her Death--The Funeral--General
Grief--The Monuments--Letter to George III.--Proofs
of Caroline Matilda's Innocence--The Queen's Character 242

CHAPTER IX.

WHEN ROGUES FALL OUT----.

The Reaction--The King's Will--Köller-Banner--Rantzau's
Dismissal--Prince Charles of Hesse--Court Intrigues--Eickstedt's
Career--Beringskjold's Career and Death--Von der Osten--The
Guldberg Ministry--The Prince Regent--The Coup d'État--Uncle
and Nephew--Fate of Guldberg--Death of Juliana Maria 259

APPENDIX A. 291

APPENDIX B. 307

APPENDIX C. 313

LIFE AND TIMES

OF

CAROLINE MATILDA.