Johann friedrich struensee biography of william

Christian VII ascended the Danish Throne on 14 January 1766, and on 8 November 1766 he married, at Christiansborg Castle in Copenhagen, his first cousin, Princess Caroline Mathilde of Great Britain, sister of King George III.

Their son Frederik (later King Frederik VI) was born at Christiansborg Castle on 28 January 1768.

Soon after his marriage, Christian VII sunk into a condition of mental stupor, and became completely controlled by his advisors, particularly the court physician, Johann Friedrich Struensee.

German physician and statesman who, through his control over the weak-minded King Christian VII, wielded absolute power in Denmark in –

German physician and statesman who, through his control over the weak-minded King Christian VII, wielded absolute power in Denmark in –

Johann Friedrich Struensee was born on August 5, , in Halle Maria Dorothea Struensee ( – ), married Wilhelm Alexander Schwollmann.

Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee (5 August – 28 April ) was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman.

Struensee had been exposed to Enlightenment ideas at university, and took this opportunity to reform the Danish government, state, and nation by Enlightment.

Struensee was born in in present day Germany and educated in Prussia, a doctor by trade and a budding Enlightenment political writer by practice.

Struensee had been exposed to Enlightenment ideas at university, and took this opportunity to reform the Danish government, state, and nation by Enlightment principles, from his appointment as maître des requêtes in December 1770 through his arrest in January 1772.

Others arrested at the same time as Struensee included Queen Caroline Mathilde, as she had helped Struensee gain power. Her relationship with Struensee had become a sexual relationship starting