Caroline Matilda, queen
An unusual start in life and a double wedding
Expectations
At the Copenhagen court
Royal moods: a concealed illness
Between trust and mistrust
Johann Friedrich Struensee – A physician in a time of change
Tending to Altona’s poor
“Struensee’s round table” in Altona
Struensee and epidemiology
The theory of the four humours
The king’s personal physician
The 18th century as a turning point
Ménage à trois
An unprecedented rise
Between king and physician
The desire for “naturalness”
Genuine naturalness or artificial ideal?
The crown prince’s education
The queen wears the trousers
The mood shifts
Conspiracy and fall
A fake news campaign
Conspiracy and fall
Trial and execution
Epilogue
Denmark under Crown Prince and King Frederick VI
Two fathers and no mother...
The road to Celle
Caroline Matilda in the Electorate of Hanover
Historical reception
Book display