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612 *NOTES TO VOLUME I.
1769, “ Bishop Benzelstierna is in my estimation a rational man even
in theology, and does not accept irrational doctrines in obedience
to faith .” For further particulars respecting him , see Document 9, C,
Table III, No. 3, p. 90.
NOTE 11.
ADOLPHUS FREDERIC AND LOUISA ULRICA.
Adolphus Frederic, Duke of Holstein -Gottorp, born May 14, 1710,
was elected Crown -prince of Sweden in 1743. He ascended the throne
in 1751, and died in 1771. During his reign the royal power in
Sweden was still further limited than it had been under that of
his predecessor. He is described as an intelligent, well-inclined
sovereign, of a quiet, phlegmatic temperament, and willing to submit
to the limitations imposed upon him by the Swedish Diet. His
wife, a sister of Frederic II, was more ambitious,, and by her
influence a party was formed whose object it was to break the power
of the nobility. Their plot was discovered in 1756, and the leaders
of the conspiracy, among whom were Count Eric Brahe137 and Baron
Jacob Horn ,138 were executed. For further particulars see the argument
annexed to Document 196. Adolphus Frederic seems to have been
personally very kind to Swedenborg, as appears from Document 2, p. 8,
and Document 6, No. 37. Louisa Ulrica, the heroine of one of the
incidents related to prove Swedenborg’s intercourse with the spiritual
world,* was born July 24, 1720. Her brother, Frederic II, declared
her to be the ornament of the family. She was of a masculine
understanding, was remarkably eloquent, and had great force of
character. She was a great patron of the arts and sciences ; founded
by her private means the Academy of Belles Lettres and History
in Stockholm ; and established the library and the museum at
Drottningholm , and the museum in Stockholm . She exercised great
influence over her husband, and after his death attempted to exert
a similar influence over her son, Gustavus III, but unsuccessfully. In
consequence of this she very rarely appeared afterwards at Court.
She died in 1782.
NOTE 12.
GUSTAVUS III.
Gustavus III, to whom Swedenborg refers in Document 2, as " the
Crown -Prince" at whose table he had the honour of dining, ascended
* See Document 6, 88 46, 53, and Document 6, § 25.
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