INDEX.
A
- Act of Settlement, 100
- Ahlden, prisoner of, 388
- — Author’s notes on, 392
- Alte Palais at Hanover, 60
- Amalie Wilhelmina, Countess Lewenhaupt, 82
- Angelica d’Olbreuse, 11
- Anne, Princess of York, 38
- — Queen of England, 411
- — death of, 420
- Antony Ulrich, Duke of Wolfenbüttel, 1
- — Roman Octavia, 417
- Appendix, 445
- Arenswald, Madame von, 396
- Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, 1
- — Frederick of Wolfenbüttel, 21
- — betrothed to Sophie Dorothea, 22
- — death of, 25
- — the Strong (Elector of Saxony), 89
- — and Aurora Königsmarck, 369
- Aurora Königsmarck, 82
- — and Augustus the Strong, 369
- Authorities quoted, 445
- Author’s notes on Ahlden, 392
B
- Bar, Count de, 425
- Bergest, Count Sigismund, 396
- Berlin, 250
- Bernstorff, Prime Minister of Celle, 33
- Bill of Succession, 41
- Bohemia, Queen of, 7
- Books of reference, 445
- Borosky, 86
- Bothmer, Charles Augustus von, 396
- Boyne, battle of the, 109
- Brandenburg, Elector of, 69
- — Electress of, 69
- — death of, 414
- Breda, 7
- Brockhausen, the tryst at, 256
- Brunswick, 111
- Buccolini, Lucas (Bucco or Buccow), 3
- — Signora, 3
- Bull-baiting, 83
- Bülow, Minister of Celle, 374
- Bussche, Councillor, 30
- — marriage of, 31
- — Madame, Mistress of George Louis, 32
- — banished from Hanover, 59
- — George von, 396
C
- Cambridge and Prince George Louis, 42
- Carlsbad, 109
- Caroline, Consort of George IV., 1
- — of Anspach, marriage of, 415
- Catherine of Braganza, 38
- Celle, Castle of, 13
- Charleroy, 39
- Charles II. of England, 4
- Charles, Prince of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 108
- — death of, 108
- Christian Louis, Duke of Celle, 1
- Christian, Duke of Celle, 9
- Coalition against Louis XIV., 98
- Colt, Sir William Dutton, 101
- Consarbrück, 39
- Correspondence between Sophie Dorothea and Königsmarck, 174
- — history and authenticity of the, 118
- Correspondence, theory of key to cypher, 126
- — between Knesebeck and Königsmarck, 198
- Court mistresses, 32
- Cresset, envoy at Hanover, 354
- Crossing the RubiconRubicon, 156
D
- Danes, campaign against, 277
- Darlington, Countess of, 426
- Denmark, King of, 325
- De Reuss, Comte, 11
- De Tarente, Princess, 7
- Dist, 243
- D’Olbreuse, Angelica, 11
- — Eléonore, 8
- — Marquis, 8
- Doubts and fears, 189
E
- East Friesland, Princess-Dowager of, 160
- Edict of Nantes, 7
- Elector Palatine of the Rhenish Provinces, 4
- Electors of the German Empire, 99
- Eléonore d’Olbreuse, 7
- — married to George William, 10
- — Madame von Harburg, 10
- — progress of, 13
- — Countess of Wilhelmsburg, 19
- — Duchess of Celle, 23
- — will of, 412
- — death of, 428
- Elizabeth, daughter of James I., 3
- — Charlotte, Duchess of Orleans, 18
- Epsdorff, 146
- Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick-LüneburgBrunswick-Lüneburg, 1
- Ernest Augustus betrothed to Sophia, 6
- — married to Sophia, 6
- — attempt to murder, 157
F
- Flanders, campaign in, 150
- Fortière, Seigneur de la, 371
- Foubert’s Academy, 84
- Frankfort Fair, 233
- Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1
- Frederick, Prince Palatine, ex-King of Bohemia, 3
- — the Great of Prussia, 75
- — Augustus of Saxony, 89
- — Elector of Saxony, 329
- — William, Crown Prince of Prussia, 416
G
- Gadd, J. H., assistant-librarian at Lund, 122
- Gardie, Count de la, 121
- George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1
- — Augustus of Hanover (George II.), birth of, 65
- — reminiscences, 405
- — attempt to see Sophie Dorothea, 406
- — marriage of, 415
- — Frederick, Elector of Saxony, 329
- — Louis (George I.), birth of, 6
- — goes a-wooing, 38
- — disposition of, 39
- — at the Court of Louis XIV., 39
- — visit to England, 40
- — betrothed to Sophie Dorothea, 49
- — married to Sophie Dorothea, 58
- — illness of, 150
- — Elector of Hanover, 399
- — Knight of the Garter, 409
- — King of England, 421
- — entry into London, 422
- — death of, 441
- — William, Duke of Hanover, 1
- — betrothed to Sophia, 5
- — wooing of Eléonore, 8
- — Duke of Celle, 9
- — married to Eléonore, 10
- — fondness for George II., 405
- — death of, 412
- German Empire, Electors of, 99
- Germany, Emperor of, 14
- Ghent, 316
- Gloucester, Duke of, 400
- Glove, the embroidered, 107
- Göhre, 146
- Green, Mrs. Everett, 122
H
- Hague, Congress at the, 112
- Hamelin, Castle of, 158
- Hanover, Court of, 59
- — Alte Palais, 60
- Harburg, Madame von, 10
- Heidelberg, 5
- Henry the Lion, Duke of Bavaria and Saxony, 1
- Herrenhausen, 61
- Hildebrand, Königsmarck’s secretary, 353
- Hungary, campaign in, 326
I
J
K
- Kendal, Duchess of, 426
- — Countess of Darlington, 426
- Knesebeck, Eléonore von, 63
- — arrest of, 358
- — prisoner at Springe, 374
- — examination of, 374
- — removal to Schartzfels, 374
- — escape of, 403
- Köcher, Dr., 373
- Königsmarck, Amalie Wilhelmina, 82
- — Aurora, 82
- — Count Carl John, 83
- — trial of, 87
- — death of, 88
- — Count Philip Christopher, boyhood at Celle, 20
- — in England, 26
- — at Hanover, 82
- — Colonel of Hanoverian Guards, 95
- — and Countess Platen, 104
- — in the Morea, 106
- — return to Hanover, 115
- — entertainment by, 115
- — correspondence with Sophie Dorothea, 139
- — sent to Sweden as envoy, 141
- — returns from the war, 233
- — at Dresden, 332
- — murder of, 340
- — burial of, 350
- — discovery of body of, 443
L
- Lambeque, camp at, 173
- Lambeth manuscripts, 38
- Lassaye, Marquis de, 72
- Leibniz, Professor, 35
- Leine Schloss at Hanover, 60
- Leopold, Emperor, 98
- Lewenhaupt, Countess of, 82
- — Count, 82
- Linden, battle of, 316
- Lockier, Dean, 34
- Loo, 408
- Louis XIV., 28
- — Defender of the Faith, 28
- — European coalition against, 98
- Ludemann, Bailiff of Ahlden, 425
- Luisburg, 217
- Lund, University of, 121
- Luxemburg, French General, 172
M
- Macclesfield, Lord, 409
- Maestricht, 39
- Malortie, Marshal von, 89
- Mannheim, 98
- Marlortie, Herr and Madame, 396
- Marriage settlement and contract of Sophie Dorothea and George Louis, 55
- Mary, Princess of York, 38
- Matilda, daughter of Henry II., 1
- Maximilian, Prince of Hanover, 77
- — intrigues of, 78
- MeissenburgMeissenburg, Count Carl Philip von, 30
- — Catherine Marie von, 30
- — married to Bussche, 31
- — Clara Elizabeth von, 30
- — married to Platen, 31
- Milan, 3
- Moltke conspiracy, 156
- — execution of, 174
- Monplaisir, 67
- Mons, siege and fall of, 113
- Morea, the campaign in, 106
N
- Namur, siege and fall of, 172
- Naples, 72
- Neerwinden, battle of, 316
- Northumberland, Dowager-Countess of, 84
O
P
- Palmblad, Professor, 121
- Passion, the dawn of, 139
- Phillipsburg, siege of, 25
- Platen, Countess, 31
- — marriage of, 31
- — opposed to Eléonore, 33
- — mistress of Ernest Augustus, 32
- — jealousy of, 68
- — the power of, 70
- — and Königsmarck, 90
- — illness of, 391
- — retirement to Monplaisir, 400
- — death of, 414
- Playing with fire, 94
- Podevils, Marshal, 249
- Poëllnitz (historian), 91
- Poley, envoy to Celle, 413
- Portsmouth, Duchess of, 30
- Primogeniture, establishment of, 77
- — opposition to, 78
- Prisoner of Ahlden, 388
- Prussia, Queen of, correspondence with Sophie Dorothea, 425
- — marriage scheme of, 429
- Pyrmont, 19
Q
- Querouaille, Louise de, 30
R
- Ramel, Baron Hans, 120
- Ratze, Marie, 398
- Ratzeburg, 258
- Reference, books of, 445
- Retribution, 437
- Reuss, Comte de, 11
- — Countess de, 11
- Rhine, campaign on the, 39
- Roman Octavia, 417
- Röohlitz, Countess von, 329
- Royal mistresses, 331
- Rudolph Augustus of Wolfenbüttel, 21
- Rupert, Prince, 36
- Ryswick, Peace of, 100
S
- Sacrifice of Sophie Dorothea, 47
- Sandys, Dr., 410
- Saxe, Marshal de, 369
- Saxony, Augustus, Elector of, 329
- Schaumann, 373
- Schulenburg, Ermengarda Melusina von, 78
- — nickname of, 79
- — Duchess of Kendal, 426
- Schulenburg-Klosterrode, Count, 122
- Sophia, Princess of Bohemia, 3
- — betrothed to George William, 5
- — betrothed to Ernest Augustus, 6
- — married to Ernest Augustus, 6
- — Electress of Hanover, genealogy of, 17
- — moral character, 34
- — and Madame Platen, 34
- — and the throne of England, 36
- — at Celle, 46
- — death of, 420
- — Charlotte, Princess of Hanover, 69
- — Electress of Brandenburg, 69
- Sophie Dorothea of Celle, genealogy of, 1
- — birth of, 13
- — legitimised, 19
- — betrothed to Augustus Frederick of Wolfenbüttel, 22
- — betrothed to George Louis of Hanover, 49
- — disposition of, 54
- — married to George Louis (George I.), 58
- — entry into Hanover, 59
- — birth of George Augustus, 65
- — and Madame Platen, 66
- — and Marquis de Lassaye, 72
- — birth of Sophie Dorothea (Queen of Prussia), 74
- — correspondence with Königsmarck, 174
- Sophie Dorothea’s arrival at Ahlden, 362
- — divorce of, 371
- — prisoner at Ahlden, 392
- — petitions of, 401
- — return to Celle, 407
- — return to Ahlden, 407
- — literary labours, 424
- — correspondence with Queen of Prussia, 425
- — death of, 436
- — burial of, 439
- — curse of, 440
- St. Denis, 39
- Steinkirk, battle of, 204
- Stepney, envoy at Dresden, 329
- Stern, Lieutenant, 86