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Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (a sister of George III.), was born at Leicester House, London, on Thursday, July 22, 1751. She was the ninth and youngest child of Frederick Prince of Wales and of his wife Augusta of Saxe-Go...
When the court removed from Copenhagen to Hirschholm for the summer, it was officially announced that the Queen was likely again to become a mother. The fact had long been known...
19. CHAPTER XVIII.A curious commentary on the social reforms of the new regime was furnished by the proceedings of the court. Extraordinary rumours were circulated concerning the conduct of the Q...
11. CHAPTER X.Christian VII. landed at Dover on August 9, 1768. He was received with especial marks of distinction, a salute was fired from the cannon of the castle, and the vessels in the ha...
15. CHAPTER XIV.Struensee, who was now sure of his position with the King and Queen, resolved to carry out his plans, and obtain the object of his ambition--political power. In order to gain th...
18. CHAPTER XVII.A short time after Bernstorff's fall and Osten's promotion, Struensee was appointed (or rather appointed himself) Master of Requests, a new office which, as the English envoy sa...
7. CHAPTER VI.When Matilda was told that her marriage would take place a year earlier than at first arranged she burst into tears, and no longer concealed her extreme reluctance to the Danish...
14. CHAPTER XIII.A single interview sufficed to break down the Queen's prejudice against Struensee. His manner was so tactful and deferential; he seemed to be so grieved at her condition, and so...
12. CHAPTER XI.On January 14 Christian VII. returned to Copenhagen after an absence of nearly eight months. Queen Matilda drove out to meet him, and husband and wife exchanged affectionate gre...
5. CHAPTER IV.The Crown Prince Christian (afterwards Christian VII. of Denmark and Norway) was born on January 29, 1749, and was therefore two years and six months older than his first cousin...
8. CHAPTER VII.The court of Denmark over which Matilda was now the reigning Queen, though not the ruling spirit, was the last place in the world for a young and innocent girl to be sent alone....
2. CHAPTER I.Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland (a sister of George III.), was born at Leicester House, London, on Thursday, July 22, 1751....
4. CHAPTER III.The accession of George III. to the throne made at first little difference in the lives of his brothers and sisters, especially of the younger ones. It made a difference in thei...
13. CHAPTER XII.John Frederick Struensee was born at Halle, an old town in northern Germany, on August 5, 1737. His father, Adam Struensee, was a zealous Lutheran minister; his mother was the d...
3. CHAPTER II.The early years of the Princess Matilda were passed at Carlton House and Kew. After her husband's death the Princess-Dowager of Wales, as she was called, resided for the most pa...
17. CHAPTER XVI.The keynote of Struensee's foreign policy was to free Denmark from outside interference, and the greatest offender in this respect was Russia. The inauguration of the new regime...
16. CHAPTER XV.The King and Queen of Denmark travelled from Lüneburg direct to Copenhagen. During the short stay of the court in the capital the Queen showed herself much in public, and sought...
6. CHAPTER V.Few monarchs ever began their reign with more ardent prayers of their people, or inspired brighter hopes, than "Christian VII., by the grace of God King of Denmark, Norway, of t...
9. CHAPTER VIII.The relations between the King and Queen did not improve as time went on. Matilda was frightened by Christian's wildness and dissipation, piqued by his indifference, and wounded...
10. CHAPTER IX.Queen Matilda gave birth to a son and heir--the future King Frederick VI.--on January 28, 1768. Titley thus records the event: "Yesterday the Queen of Denmark fell in labour, an...
1. CHAPTER XIX.