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 - Sir Lascelles Wraxall

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INDEX TO VOL. III.
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.

Aalborg, castle of, [145];
Caroline Matilda, designated the countess of, imprisoned there, ib.
Aboe, lieutenant, groundless charges brought against, [107];
biographical notices of, ib.;
how disposed of, [110], [112];
his death, [112].
Alexandra, Princess of Wales, the great grand-daughter of Prince Frederick of Denmark, [290].
Altona, Mr. Wraxall's visit to, [176];
crowded with the partisans of Queen Matilda, ib.
Ancher, Kofod, one of the commissioners who passed sentence on Struensee and Count Brandt, [61], [67];
mercifully disposed, [104].
Arnholdt, bailiff of Bramstedt, [31].
Arnim, Herr von, minister of the King of Prussia, intercedes on behalf of Justiz-rath Struensee, [120].
APPENDIX, containing extracts from the correspondence of Mr. Wraxall with his father, relative to the restoration of Caroline Matilda, [291] et seq.

Bang, counsellor, defends Count Brandt, [14].
Berger, professor, employed in incommoding his Majesty, [2];
groundless charges brought against, [109];
how disposed of, [111], [112].
Beringskjold, his political career, [271], [272];
his conspiracy, and arrest, [273];
his trial and imprisonment, [277], [278];
his death, [278].
Beringskjold, Frau von, her death, [277].
Berkentin, Frau von, chief gouvernante to the prince royal, and the early patroness of Struensee, [78].
Bernstorff, Peter Andreas, foreign affairs entrusted to, [279];
privy councillor, [285], [288].
Bodenhausen, von, the Hanoverian privy councillor, receives Queen Matilda at Stade, [157].
Braëm, G. A., one of the commissioners who sentenced Struensee, [61]; and Count Brandt, [67].
Bramstedt, bailiwick of, solicited by Count Brandt, [31];
described, [32], note.
Brandt, count Enevold, indictment of, [1];
retrospect of his career and conduct, [3] et seq.;
his position at court, [3];
the different charges against, [4], [8], [11];
his assault on the king, [5];
his presuming manners, [7];
broke the fidelity due to his sovereign by being an accomplice with Struensee and the queen, [8];
his neglect of duty, [9], [10];
his joining Struensee in robbing the royal treasury, [11];
injustice of the charges against, [14];
defended by Counsellor Bang, ib.;
the different charges rebutted, [16] et seq.;
his character not affected by Struensee's forgery, [26];
his Quixotism, [27];
his letter to the judges, and petition to the king, [28];
pleads his youth and eccentricity, [30];
makes a modest request, [31];
his punishment predetermined, [32];
sentence on, promulgated, ib.;
the intimate friend of Struensee, [43];
a close attendant on the king, ib.;
delivery of the sentence upon him, [62];
the charges against him recapitulated, [63] et seq.;
his behaviour to the king, [63];
assists Struensee in producing a misunderstanding, [64];
obtains large sums from the royal treasury, ib.;
his assault and battery on the king, [65], [66];
high treason thus committed, [67];
his sentence, degradation from the dignity of count, and all other honours, his body to be quartered and exposed on the wheel, &c., [67];
royal confirmation of the sentence, [67], [68];
injustice of the sentence, and groundlessness of the charges, [68], [69];
Reverdil's animadversions on the sentence, [69];
his sentence announced to him by his defender Bang, [74];
intercession of Owe Guldberg on his behalf, and the unfeeling treatment of the Queen Juliana Maria, [75];
intercession of his mother and sister, [75];
Struensee's letter to, [80];
receives from Dean Hee the confirmation of his sentence and the day of execution, [83];
confesses his real sentiments as to his religious belief and moral feelings, [13], [84];
his penitence, [84];
preparations for his execution, [85];
his escutcheon broken, [88];
his execution, [89];
the body divided into four quarters, ib.;
his head exposed on a pole, [94].
Brieghil, the valet, his evidence, [5].
Brunswick, hereditary princess of, [157], note;
her gracious reception of Mr. Wraxall at Celle, [174];
difficulties created by her presence, [183], [229];
niece to Queen Juliana Maria of Denmark, [183].
Brunswick Bevern, prince of, appointed commandant of Copenhagen, [267].
Bülow, baron von, receives Queen Matilda at Stade, [157];
an exile at Altona, [177];
his ring presented to the queen by Mr. Wraxall as proof of his mission, [188];
his conferences with Wraxall, [190], [223], [224];
gives instructions to him respecting his proposed visit to the queen, [190], [191];
his letter to George III., [227];
his letter on the queen's sudden death, [329];
his despair, [240].
Bülow, baroness von, an elegant woman, [176].
Bülow, marshal von, appeases the crown prince, [286].

Cabinet orders issued by Struensee, [51];
for disbanding the foot-guards, [55], [56].
Caroline Matilda, no longer regarded as Queen of Denmark after the dissolution of her marriage, [141];
all her ties with Denmark broken off, [142];
her grief at the deaths of Struensee and Count Brandt, [142];
her generosity of mind, [142], [143];
the charges against her submitted to English lawyers, who declared them unsubstantiated by evidence, [144];
the English court insisted that no sentence should be passed on her, and fitted out a strong fleet, ib.;
Walpole's version of the affair, ib.;
his gossip respecting her, [145], [146];
title of "Countess of Aalborg" conferred on her, [145];
temper of the English with regard to, [146];
Sir R. M. Keith's active interference on her behalf, [147];
concessions of the Danish ministry, [147];
order of release presented to her by Keith, [149];
arrival of a squadron to take her away, [149], [150];
writes an affecting letter to her brother, ib.;
resolved that she should take up her residence at Celle in Hanover, and be allowed £8,000 a-year, [150];
interesting anecdote of, ib.;
her affection for her children, [151], [152];
leaves a letter for the king, [153];
his grief at her departure, ib., note;
her suite, [153], [154];
her farewell to Denmark, [154];
the documents connected with the dissolution of her marriage deposited in the secret archives, [156];
her arrival at Stade, and her joyous reception, [157];
her presents, ib.;
her new suite, ib.;
arrives at Celle, and takes up her abode in the royal chateau, [158];
her amiability and charitable disposition, ib.;
her reading and studious pursuits, [159];
the happiness of her home, [160];
her great interest in her children, [162];
her conversations with Colonel Keith, [162] et seq.;
Grub-street attacks on, exposed by Reverdil, [165], [166];
her course of life at Celle, [167] et seq.;
her literary taste, [167], [168];
her court theatricals, [168];
her letter to her sister detailing her course of life at Celle, [169];
her great pleasure at receiving the portrait of her son, [170], [171];
Mr. Wraxall's introduction to, [173];
her gracious reception of him, and confiding affability, [173], [174];
again visited by Mr. Wraxall, who communicates a project, with certain conditions, for restoring her to the throne of Denmark, [182], [186]-[9] (see WRAXALL);
instructions respecting the project, [191];
her important conversations with Wraxall, and plans laid down for further proceedings, [195] et seq., [221], [232];
her sudden death, [238], [302] (see APPENDIX);
details of her illness, death, and funeral, [242]-[>9];
suspected of having been poisoned, [248];
general mourning for in England, [250];
monuments erected to her memory, [251];
letter to her brother, written during her illness, and published after her death, [252];
evidences of her innocence and purity of mind, [254], [255];
Mr. Wraxall's portraiture of her virtues and character, [255]-[8];
correspondence of Mr. Wraxall with his father relative to her restoration, [291] et seq. (see APPENDIX).
Carstens, A. G., one of the commissioners who sentenced Struensee, [61];
and Count Brandt, [67].
Celle, Queen Matilda's residence at, [158];
her course of life at, [160] et seq.;
Mr. Wraxall's frequent visits and interviews with the queen, [174], [180], [186], [190], [195] et seq., [221], [230]-[3].
Christian VII., Count Brandt's assault on, [5], [19];
his profuse presents to Struensee and Count Brandt, [45];
his power as sovereign, [50], note;
confirms the atrocious sentences passed upon Struensee and Count Brandt, [67], [68];
his court festivities and revolting apathy, [76], [77];
grants a free pardon to Colonel Falckenskjold, and releases him from the fortress of Munkholm, [136];
receives a letter from his wife previous to her departure for Hanover, [153];
his expressions of affection for her, [153];
at the instigation of the crown prince he dismisses his ministers, and appoints a new cabinet, [285], [286];
drawn into personal collision with the hereditary prince, but the coup d'état is accomplished, [287].
Colin, Major, appointed commandant of the fortress Munkholm, [135].
Colleges, impediments of the, [37];
dismissal of the, [11].
Commission of Inquiry, the members of, who tried and sentenced Struensee, [61];
allot rewards to the persons employed in convicting the prisoners, [95], note;
their proceedings against the minor prisoners of state, and charges brought against them, [104] et seq.
Copenhagen, bitterness at, against Struensee and his cabinet orders, [58];
its suburban grounds, [85].
Council, duties of the, [35];
abolition of the, [36].
Council of Thirty-two, established by Struensee, [41].
Counter-revolution projected by the Danish exiles, [177].
Court festivities, [76];
exhibit a revolting exhibition of apathy and want of sympathy, [76].
Crown prince of Denmark, begins to assume power, [283];
his examination, [283];
his determined spirit, [284];
of age to enter the council of state, [284];
spirited interference with the court forms of proceeding, [284];
effects the overthrow of the ministry by a coup d'état, [285], [286];
proclamation of, as regent, [288], [289];
Count Bernstorff, the enlightened statesman, his adviser, [289].
Cypher writing, adopted by Mr. Wraxall, [307];
key to the fictitious names, [312] (APPENDIX).

INDEX TO VOL. III.HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.

INDEX TO VOL. III.
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.