The Night Struensee Destroyed Denmark's Queen

Chapters

1. 00:00The Night That Shook Denmark
2. 00:20The Doctor's Arrival
3. 00:37From Doctor to Regent
4. 00:55A King's Madness
5. 01:10A Commoner's Rule
6. 01:35A Dangerous Affair
7. 01:57How It Began
8. 02:14The Queen's Confidant
9. 02:32A Child's Secret
10. 02:46Suspicion Enough
11. 03:04Press Freedom
12. 03:23A Thousand Reforms
13. 03:42The Conspiracy Forms
14. 03:59The Mastermind
15. 04:17The Night of the Ball
16. 04:37The Trap Springs
17. 04:57A Forced Confession
18. 05:15The Signed Document
19. 05:35A Sham Confession
20. 05:55The Execution
21. 06:17The Queen's Punishment
22. 06:37Exile in Celle
23. 07:01A Daughter's Shadow
24. 07:25Erasing the Record
25. 07:44Whispers Persist
26. 08:05The Reformer's Vision
27. 08:25The Queen's Desperation
28. 08:52The Secret Passage
29. 09:18The King's Signature
30. 09:45The Queen's Confession
31. 10:11The Unfinished Erasure

About this video

Struensee and Queen Caroline Matilda: discover how a German doctor's affair with Denmark's queen led to a coup, a forced confession, and a public execution. In this royal scandal deep dive, we reveal the masked-ball arrest, the altered birth registry, and the tragic fate of a queen who died at 23. Chapters: 00:00 The Night That Shook Denmark 00:20 The Doctor's Arrival 00:38 From Doctor to Regent 00:56 A King's Madness 01:12 A Commoner's Rule 01:37 A Dangerous Affair 01:59 How It Began 02:16 The Queen's Confidant 02:35 A Child's Secret 02:50 Suspicion Enough 03:08 Press Freedom 03:27 A Thousand Reforms 03:47 The Conspiracy Forms 04:04 The Mastermind 04:23 The Night of the Ball 04:44 The Trap Springs 05:03 A Forced Confession 05:22 The Signed Document 05:42 A Sham Confession 06:03 The Execution 06:25 The Queen's Punishment 06:46 Exile in Celle 07:10 A Daughter's Shadow 07:35 Erasing the Record 07:55 Whispers Persist 08:16 The Reformer's Vision 08:37 The Queen's Desperation 09:04 The Secret Passage 09:31 The King's Signature 09:58 The Queen's Confession 10:25 The Unfinished Erasure Sources & further reading: • Johann Friedrich, count von Struensee — https://www.britannica.com/biography/Johann-Friedrich-Graf-von-Struensee • J.F. Struensee — https://denkongeligesamling.dk/en/the-collection/persons/jf-struensee-1737-1772 • Caroline Matilda of Great Britain - Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Matilda_of_Great_Britain • Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark - Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Louise_Augusta_of_Denmark • Scandal, Divorce & Exile: The Legacy of Caroline Matilda — https://rebeccastarrbrown.com/2017/05/10/scandal-divorce-exile-the-legacy-of-caroline-matilda • Life and Times of Her Majesty Caroline Matilda, Vol III — https://www.gutenberg.org/files/55369/55369-h/55369-h.htm

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