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    Johann Friedrich Struensee

    De facto regent of Denmark

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  1. Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee (5 August 1737 – 28 April 1772) was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark and a minister in the Danish government. He rose in power to a position of de facto regent of the country, and he tried to carry out ...

  2. Apr 24, 2024 · Johann Friedrich, count von Struensee (born Aug. 5, 1737, Halle, Prussia [Germany]—died April 28, 1772, Copenhagen, Den.) was a German physician and statesman who, through his control over the weak-minded King Christian VII, wielded absolute power in Denmark in 1770–72. Struensee became town physician of Altona (then in Denmark, now in ...

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  4. Aug 5, 2021 · August 2021 1 Tabea Tietz. On August 5, 1735, German physician Johann Friedrich Struensee was born. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark and a minister in the Danish government, where he tried to carry out widespread reforms. His affair with Queen Caroline Matilda caused his downfall and dramatic death.

  5. Dec 12, 2017 · Brand New Images - Stone @ gettyimages.de. Though he was an important figure in Danish history, German physician Johann Friedrich Struensee is not particularly well known in Germany. The period he lived in, the late 18th century, is known as the Age of Enlightenment. New schools of thought were introduced and revolutionary ideas made their way ...

  6. May 21, 2018 · Johann Friedrich Struensee [1] (yō´hän frē´drĬkh shtrōō´ənzā, strōō´–), 1737–72, Danish politician, b. Germany. As physician to Christian VII [2] he gained complete mastery over the insane king and became the favorite of the young queen, Caroline Matilda.

  7. Johann Friedrich Struensee. J.F. Struensee was born in Germany. He was educated in Halle and worked after that as a physician in Altona. In 1768, Struensee became physician to the mentally ill Christian VII, and after having travelled with the King, he moved to Copenhagen. The King’s new physician entered a confident relationship with his ...

  8. Nov 18, 2001 · Nov. 18, 2001. On April 5, 1768, Johann Friedrich Struensee was appointed Royal Physician to King Christian VII of Denmark, and four years later he was executed. Ten years after that, on September ...