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Original Memoirs of the Sovereigns of Sweden and Denmark From 1766 to 1818
Original Memoirs of the Sovereigns of Sweden and Denmark From 1766 to 1818 Author:John Brown General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1895 Original Publisher: Nichols Subjects: Sweden Denmark Rulers History / Medieval History / Europe / Scandinavia Travel / Europe / Denmark Travel / Europe / Scandinavia Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and ... more »there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II Frederick V. -- His character -- The cause of his intemperance -- Character and anecdotes of Juliana Maria -- Anecdotes of Christian VII., when Crown Prince. Frederick V., the father of our present Monarch (Christian VII.), was a wise, magnificent, liberal prince; the patron of men of genius, science and learning, and the idol of a grateful people. Suddenly, a marked change took place in his habits and his manners; he lost all relish for those exalted pursuits to which he had been attached, and gave himself up to excessive and continual inebriety, whereby he impaired his faculties, physical and mental, and shortened his days. Whilst the memory of this solitary vice that sullied his character is generally known, the secret and powerful cause that led to this melancholy alteration (except to a few, who, during the lifetime of his second Queen, dared not give it utterance, and most of whom have since descended to the grave), has remained buried in oblivion. This accomplished Monarch had two consorts ; the first, and deservedly the best-beloved, was the English princess, Louisa, daughter of George II., by whom he had the wretched and imbecile Prince who yet bears the title of King of Denmark, and Sophia Magdalena, married to Gustavus III., of Sweden, who fell by the hand of Ankarstrom. For his second wife, our favourite Monarch, in an evil hour, took Juliana Maria, daughter of Ferdinand Albert, Duke of Brunswick Wolfenbuttle...« less