Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol. 1 (of 3) / Queen of Denmark and Norway, and Sister of H. M. George III. of England - Sir Lascelles Wraxall

Academicians, of Paris, dine with King Christian, [180].
Administration, retrenchment in the, [329].
Administrative changes in Denmark, [318].
Adultery, punishment for, mitigated, [326].
Agricultural Commission, appointed by Christian VII., [7].
Agnate and cognate, the different lines of succession explained, [50], [51].
Algiers, Danish war with, and naval expedition against, [260], [261], [262].
Altona, Caroline Matilda's enthusiastic reception at, [47], [48].
Anne, Queen, governed by her favourite women, [4], note.
Aristocracy, murders committed by the, [12].
Arnould, Sophie, the celebrated prima donna of Paris, [179].
Arts and sciences become an object of attention to Struensee, [332].
Augusta, Princess of Brunswick; her marriage, [39].
Augusta, Princess of Wales, (see Wales, Princess of).
Augustenburg, duke of, his genealogy and family connexions, [75].
Auteroche, Comte de, anecdotes of, [174].

Baltimore, Lord, his vicious eccentricities, [9].
Beauveau, Madame de, [169].
Berger, von, surgeon, accoucheur, and favourite of Struensee, [346].
Berkentin, Frau von, appointed governor of Prince Christian, [50];
dismissed from the Danish Court, [117].
Bernis, cardinal, [172].
Bernstorff, count, the Danish minister, [75], [76];
court triumvirate formed by, [77];
appointed director of the Sound dues, [81];
his influence, [111];
his servility, [115];
declines in favour, [229];
his dismissal, [268];
his character, [269];
his kindness, [303];
anecdote of, [362];
his advice to Count Reverdil, [365].
Bestucheff, Madame, [303].
Binet, Sieur, [166].
Bishop militant, [24].
Bontemps, the fortune-teller, [173].
Brockdorf, nurse to Prince Christian of Denmark, [55].
Brandenburg Kulmbach, dowager Margravine of, [127].
Brandt, Enevold, page of the chamber, and a court favourite, [121];
biographical notices of, ib.;
his character, [122];
his charges against Count Holck, [122], [124];
his visit to Paris to see the king, [210];
his promotion, [231];
his policy, [285];
court festivities arranged by, [342], [343];
his beloved Frau von Holstein, [344];
made a Danish count, [352];
public hatred of, [370].
Bülow, von, [230].
Bute, lord, his influence over the Princess of Wales, [15];
his frequent visits to Leicester House, and scandals about him, [27], [28], [31].

Cabal, the, [252].
Cagliostro, the charlatan, [173].
Caroline Matilda, Princess; birth of, [15];
account of her youth, [33];
her vivaciousness and sweetness of temper, [34];
her manners and person, [35];
her education, ib.;
her character, [35], [36];
her correspondence, [37]-[43];
proposal of marriage on behalf of, [40];
her feelings, [41];
makes her public appearance at Court, ib.;
her letter to the Princess Mary of Cassel, [42];
public opinion favourable to her marriage, [43];
message from the crown for a grant upon the occasion of her marriage, [44];
her marriage solemnized at the Chapel Royal of St. James', ib.;
her departure for Copenhagen, [45];
her anxious feelings, [45], [46];
her letter to her brother, the Duke of York, [45];
her enthusiastic reception at Altona, [47];
loyal addresses to, [48];
her youth and inexperience, [48], [49];
her arrival at Copenhagen, [81];
her marriage, [84];
her warm reception, [85];
warnings respecting her [86], [87];
her household, [88];
feelings of the royal family of Denmark towards, [88], [89];
various festivals and amusements in honour of, [90];
her own account of the journey to Copenhagen, written to her brother, the Duke of York, [92] et seq.;
her description of Holstein and Copenhagen, [94], [96];
her coronation, [98];
her first quarrel, [99];
her letter to her brother previous to his death, [101];
letter to her mother, the Princess Dowager of Wales, [102];
insulted by her husband, [103], [104];
gives birth to a son and heir, Frederick VI., [108];
her ladies and maids of honour, [126];
her life at home during her husband's absence, [159] et seq.;
her letter to Princess Amelia, respecting her husband's dissolute life, [161];
her letter to Princess Mary of Hesse Cassel, [196];
visit of her brother, the Duke of Gloucester, [198];
greatly humiliated by the insignificant part she played at court, [213];
her acquaintance with Dr. Struensee, [215] et seq.;
her familiarities with him create suspicion, [226], [227];
accompanies her husband in his journey to Schleswig and Holstein, [228];
her incautious levity, [232];
interview with her mother, the Dowager Princess of Wales, [248], [249];
coldness of, towards her brother, George III., [249], [250];
her favourite residence, the palace of Frederiksborg, [250], [251];
her free and easy manners and masculine dress give offence, [264];
her fondness for hunting, [282], [283];
her costume and personal improvement, [283];
her beautiful appearance described in the recollections of an old chamberlain, [284];
mad freaks of her husband, [291], [292];
her dissipated habits, [292], [293];
establishes the Order of Matilda, [314];
gives birth to a princess, [345];
her close intimacy with Struensee, [377];
an affectionate mother but neglectful of her son's education, [380].
Casanova, the cabalist, [173].
Cassel, Princess Mary of, Caroline Matilda's letter to, [42].
Castries, Mary, de, anecdote of, [174].
Catherine II., Empress of Russia, [238], [301], [302].
Chanceries, subjected to reorganization, [325].
Charles, Landgrave of Schleswig, [230], [231];
his account of the queen's levity of conduct, [232], [233].
Charles, Prince of, Denmark, [74], [75].
Charles II. of England, governed by his mistresses, [4], note.
Charlotte Amelia, Princess of Denmark, her character, [89];
the benefactress of the poor, [345].
Chartres, Duchesse de, her profligacy, [171].
Chassé, the comedian, [172].
Chateauroux, Duchesse de, [163].
Choiseul, duc de, [176].
Christian V., King of Denmark, [254].
Christian VII. of Denmark, his proposed marriage with the Princess Caroline Matilda of England, [40];
his accession to the throne on the death of Frederick V., [43];
married by proxy to Caroline Matilda, [44];
biographical notice of, [50];
his hereditary claims to the Schleswig Holstein duchies, [50], [51];
suspected plots against his life, [55];
his education, [56] et seq.;
his sarcasms, [58];
Reverdil's account of him when twelve years old, [61] et seq.;
his progress in the polite arts, [64];
proclaimed King of Denmark, [69];
his religious notions, [72];
court anecdotes of, [73], [74];
under the influence of a triumvirate, [77];
pleasant anecdote of, [79];
marriage of his two sisters, [81];
his marriage in contemplation, [82];
affianced to Princess Caroline Matilda, ib.;
sees her for the first time at Roeskilde, [83];
traits of his character and person, [84];
his entry with the princess into Copenhagen, [84];
their marriage and festivities, [84], [85];
various festivals and amusements introduced by, [90];
his coronation, [98];
his first quarrel, [99];
his journey to Holstein, [100];
insults his wife on his return, [103];
his dissolute orgies, [104], [105];
birth of his son and heir, Frederick VI., [108];
appoints a general commission for agricultural improvements, [111];
his debaucheries and dissipated career, [112];
his domestic orgies, [113];
list of his ministry, [114];
his court favourites, [121] et seq.;
his travels in foreign parts, [126] et seq.;
his journey through Jütland, Schleswig, and Gottorp, [127];
his presents to Voltaire, who sang the praises of his benefactor, [131];
his visit to Hanau and his brother-in-law, Landgrave Charles, [132];
sails down the Rhine, ib.;
visits Amsterdam, the Hague, and Brussels, [133];
his arrival in England, ib.;
his visit not agreeable to George III. [134];
his cold reception, [135] et seq.;
list of the royal suite, [136];
his stay in London, [137];
Walpole's satirical sketches of his visit and its amusements, [137] et seq.;
his interview with the Princess Dowager, [139];
his journey to Yorkshire, [142];
his visits to Cambridge, and also to Oxford,
where he received the honorary degree of D.C.L., [143];
magnificently entertained by the City of London, [144], [148];
entertained at Richmond Lodge, Carlton House, &c., [148], [149];
his sarcasm against the Princess Dowager, [149];
gives a grand masked ball at the Opera House, [149], [150];
his departure from England, [151];
execrable verses on, ib.;
sketches of his private life and character, [152]-[158];
his adventure with the money lender, [154]-6;
Walpole's character of him, [157];
his wife's letter respecting him, [161];
his journey to France, and arrival at Paris, [175];
his reception by Louis XV., [175];
his private interview with him, [177];
his reception at Paris, and his visits to the various institutions, [178] et seq.;
dines with the Academicians, [180];
his high opinion of Paris, [182];
his munificence, [183];
his return home, [185];
his joyous reception, [187];
the members of his ministry, [188];
distressed state of the country on his return, [191];
his trip to Schleswig and Holstein with the queen, [228];
dismisses his court, [235];
state of his court, [240]-2;
state reforms effected by his minister, [270] et seq., (see Denmark);
his madness and hopeless condition, [290], [291];
his freaks of madness, [291], [292];
suppresses his council by public decree, [305];
becomes absolute, [307];
celebration of his birthday, [314];
his administrative changes and reforms, [318] et seq.;
appoints Struensee privy cabinet minister, with all the power of grand vizier, [347], [350];
his insanity clearly manifested, [374], [375].
Christiansborg, palace of, [311].
Chudleigh, Miss, at the fancy ball, [31].
Civic council of Copenhagen, reorganization of the, [325].
Condé, prince de, [181].
Conti, prince de, [172].
Copenhagen, institutions and laws of extensively reformed, [325] et seq.;
"Court and Town Council" of established, [327]. (See Denmark, and Christian VII.)
Council of Conferences, established after the suppression of the Privy Council, [307].
Court of Denmark, state of the, [240]-2
changes and reductions in the, [327], [328];
amusements of the, [84], [85];
intrigues connected with the, [29], [77], [80], [122] et seq., [363], [364].
Court language of Denmark, [309].
Court reforms in Denmark, [277].
Cresset, the favourite of the Princess Augusta, [20];
anecdote of, [22].
Cumberland, duke, anecdote of, [16].

Dames de la Halle, [183].
Damiens, execution of, [173].
Danish language, complaints against the disuse of, [359], [360].
Danneskjold Samsöe, count, [75];
his genealogy, [75], note;
his court intrigues and influence, [76];
his dismissal, [109].
Danneskjold Laurvig, count von, the Danish minister, [188];
his high character, [190];
his daughter married to Count Holck, [198].
—— admiral, dismissed, [271].
Dehn, baron von, [47].
Denmark, Caroline Matilda's journey to, [47];
court of, [50];
the royal family of, and right of succession to the throne, [51];
possession of Schleswig-Holstein vital importance to, [51], [52], note;
government of, under Frederick V., [68];
subsidies paid to, [68];
ruinous condition of, [69];
names of the royal family of, [78];
and their feelings towards Caroline Matilda, [88], [89];
various festivals and amusements introduced into, [90];
enactment for the punishment of fanatics and murderers, [107];
protection extended to the Society of Arts at Copenhagen, ib.;
composition of the ministry, [114];
heavy debts of, when Christian VII. ascended the throne, [127];
state of the kingdom, [128], [129];
the members of the ministry, [188];
public discontent, [190];
depressed state of, [193];
existence of serfdom in, [193];
changes at court, [195];
state of the court, [240]-2;
general anarchy of the kingdom, [243];
state of, under Struensee, [253];
historical retrospect of, [254] et seq.;
the Lex Regia, ib.;
foreigners in, [254];
titles and honours bestowed, [256], [257];
useless expenses incurred, [257], [258];
her increasing debt, [258];
war with Algiers, [260], [261];
her naval expedition against Algiers, [261];
abolition of the censorship, [262];
great changes and proposed reforms, [270], [271];
her foreign affairs, [273];
Russian alliance with, [273];
her home affairs, [274];
collection of the taxes, [275];
court reforms, [277];
public morals, [278];
the council of state reorganised, [279];
changes in the privy council, [281];
levity of the court, [285];
bad harvest in, [294];
visit of the princes of Sweden to, ib.;
letter of the government to the Empress of Russia, [297];
reorganisation of the privy council, [304];
council suppressed by royal decree, [305];
council of conferences established, [307];
the king becomes absolute, ib.;
reforms in, [308];
freedom of the press, ib.;
the court language of, [309];
great reforms in every department of the state, [324] et seq.;
state debts of, [330];
negotiations with Russia, [340];
Struensee's absolute power, [348], [353];
dissatisfaction with the government measures., [348], [359];
her foreign relations, [357].
Desnoyers, the French dancing master, [1].
Divorces, number of, in George the Third's reign, [11].
Dorchester, lady, ex-mistress of George II., anecdote of, [8].
Dorset, Sackville, duke of, [192].
Dubarry, Madame, the mistress of Louis XV., [168], [169].
Dubois, cardinal, [172].
Duras, duc de, presents to the, [183].
Düring, Major, [120].
Durfort, duc de, [171].

Edwin, Lady Charlotte, [17].
Eighteenth century, habits and manners of the, [7]-[9];
excessive gambling of the, [9];
vices of the, [10] et seq.
English, poetical sketch of the, [186].
Ennui, arises from etiquette, [218].
Etioles, Madame de, [166];
afterwards Madame Pompadour, [167].
Executions, for robbery and murder in the 18th century, [12].
Eyben, Fräulein von, [88].