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Chap. VIII.
JULIANA OF BRUNSWICK.
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wick, the widowed Queen of King Frederic V., she who
caused the disgrace and fall of Caroline Matilda. They
will tell you—some, that the children were changed;
others, that they were put an end to; how the
ambitious queen, desirous to secure the succession for the
offspring of her own son, having already failed in her
endeavours to destroy King Frederic himself in his
childhood, gained the lady of honour of the Crown
Princess and others, and so attained her object. They
will relate to you that the Frue von Munster—this
same lady—later committed suicide (which is true)
by hanging herself in the corridor by the chapel of
Frederiksborg; that the midwife and the physician also
both came to an untimely end by their own hands;
and then tell you a story of a pretender who arose and
proclaimed himself King Frederic’s son, changed at
nurse.* They will relate you all this and a great
deal more, as they have already to me, and I, for my
part, believe not one word of the story. The youngest
son of King Frederic VI., who lies in the little coffin
here before you, was born one year after the decease
of the Dowager Queen herself. Children, if not well
cared for, did—even in the earlier part of this present
century, as we all know, before calomel was invented—
drop off like flies ; and if you look at the genealogy of
the house of Oldenborg, you will find that the three
eldest offspring of Juliana’s own son, the Arve Prinds,f
died when infants also.
No; Juliana has enough to answer for without
* This pretender was later provided for, and sent off to the coast of
Guinea.
f Heir presumptive.
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