Danish kings and their favorites

[mildred_of_midgard]

We had a very long and fast-evolving discussion on the mid-18th century Danish kings Frederik V and Christian VII, and their respective favorites Count Moltke and Doctor Struensee, and so many things were proved wrong so quickly, and so many of the facts were scattered through the discussions, that copying them here in a readable and accurate format isn't really feasible.

So instead, I'm linking to the starting comment of various discussions. In particular, the first four write-ups are very error-prone and subject to revision later.

Danish kings and their favorites: Frederik V and Moltke

Christian VII

Doctor Struensee

Caroline Mathilde

Some Moltke details, including his depiction of Frederik V's death

More accurate details on Frederik and Moltke

Excerpts and summaries from the Frederik to Moltke correspondence

Frederik to Moltke apology letter dates

Frederik letters mentioning Moltke's family

Notes from a random, not-very-reliable 19th century book about the Struensee conspiracy

John Brown's The Northern Courts, part 1, part 2

19th century German Oettinger's history of the Danish court, Frederik V section

Notes from Moltke's memoirs

Death of Frederik's wife Louise, as depicted in Moltke's memoirs

Frederik wanting to marry Moltke's daughter, as depicted in Moltke's memoirs

Frederik addressing Moltke as "du"

Random Struensee tidbits

Struensee, Altona, and the "ghetto"