Struensee, the king's physician, becomes dictator in Denmark

Category
Government
Place
Denmark
Date
1770
Reference
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"Struensee's rule deeply offended the conservative Danish aristocracy, and a plot was hatched to arrest him, the queen, and the king's keeper, Brandt, an ally of Struensee. The palace coup was triggered by the birth of a daughter, Louisa Augusta, to the queen, universally believed to be Struensee's child. In January 1771 the trio were arrested." [1001 Days]

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