Sauveterre (minister), 23
Saxe, Gen. Maurice de, 77, 80, 81, 82, 100, 103–4, 228; illness and death of, 121; made Marshal General, 104
Saxe-Gotha, Duchess of, 139, 157, 165, 193, 196–7, 200, 205; death of, 207
Saxe-Gotha, Duke of, 139, 165, 205
Saxe-Weissenfels, Duke of, 38
Saxony, 18, 72, 105, 155–6, 162, 190, 196; Austrians driven from, 191; Daun’s determination to conquer, 188
Schaffgotsch, Count, 146
Schaumburg-Lippe, 50
Schlüter, Andreas, 3
Schmettau, Count von, 222
Schönhausen, 45
Schulenburg, Colonel von der, 34, 38
Schulenburg, Melusina von der, Duchess of Kendal, 22
Schweidnitz, 167, 193; siege of, 174–5
Schwerin, General Count von (later Field Marshal) 34, 42, 58, 70–1, 116–17, 147, 152; at Battle of Prague, 157–8; death of, 158
Seckendorf, General Count von, 6, 7, 24, 26–7, 30, 32, 43, 64, 71–2, 86, 94, 102; appointed governor of Philippsburg, 82; Munich taken from Austria by, 101
Seven Years’ War, xvii, 107, 154–96 passim, 228; Battle of Kolin, 158–61; Battle of Kunersdorf, 184–5, 199; Battle of Leignitz, 189; Battle of Prague, 157–9; Battle of Rossbach, 166; Battle of Torgau, 191; Battle of Zorndorf, 176–7; Olmütz, siege of, 175–6; peasants suffer horribly in, 182–3; Schweidnitz, siege of, 174–5
Siècle de Louis XIV (Voltaire), 135
Schweidnitz, siege of, 174–5
Silesia, 37, 46, 65, 67–73, 77, 148, 178, 196, 220; Austrian proposition concerning, 84; Austrians in possession of, 167–8; deteriorating situation in, 167; loss of half of, 194; mining in, 202; Mollwitz, battle of, 69–70, 71, 164; and Treaty of Versailles, 151; Upper and Lower, Frederick II acquires, 85, 105, 196
Sobieski, John, 72, 217
Soltikoff, Gen., 184, 188, 189, 190
Sonsfeld, Mlle de, 26, 32, 38–9, 205
Soor, Battle of, 104
Sophia Charlotte, Queen, 1, 3, 8
Sophia Dorothea, Queen (mother), 12–13, 23, 33–4, 41; banquet given by, 125; children frequently borne by, 8; and children’s marriages, 24, 38–9, 41; colourful imagination of, 19; death of, 162; and father’s will, 16; Frederick William I marries, 5; made to drink to downfall of England, 32; parties given by, in husband’s absence, 21; retirement of, to Monbijou, 58
Soubise, Prince de, 162, 163, 166
Stolberg, Prince de, 196
Suhm, Count Ulrich von, 19, 21, 53–4
Sulzbach, Count von, 47
Sweden 10n, 152, 177; Pomerania given up by, 195
Sweden, King of, 90
Tauentzien, Gen. Friedrich Bogislav von, 188–9
Thirty Years’ War, 2, 4, 48
Torgau, Battle of, 191
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, 121
Treaty of Breslau, 85, 93, 101; letters congratulate Frederick II on, 92
Treaty of Fontainebleau, 196
Treaty of Teschen, 221
Treaty of Versailles, 151
Treaty of Westminster, 148, 149–50
Truchsess (minister), 57
Turkey, 64, 122, 139, 194, 215, 216, 217, 219
Tuscany, 47, 105
Tyrconnel, Lady, 125
Tyrconnel, Lord, 124
Ulrica, Princess (later Queen of Sweden) (sister), 90, 152, 214
Ulrich, Anton, 91, 96
Valory, Marquis de, 57, 66, 77–8, 80, 85, 96, 101, 120, 124, 136, 149–50; at Chotusitz, 83; Frederick II becomes more fond of, 69, 81; Neisse ‘siege’ suspected by, 79
Vanderelst, Minister, 190, 198
Vauvenargues, Marquis d, 88
Versailles, Treaty of, 151
Victoria, Queen, 199
Voltaire, xiv–xv, 1, 15, 40–1, 43, 48, 50, 60–1, 71, 93, 95–8, 128–41, 156, 163–4, 167, 173–4, 206, 213–14, 218–19, 224–5; Académie Française vacancy hoped for by, 94; on Algarotti, 52; contract of engagement of, 139, 140; death of, 224; and Mme Denis, see Denis, Mme; discovered love letters, 128; doubtful Christian belief of, 94–5; envoy role of, 66–7; escape from Frankfurt by, 140–1; fashion for Shakespeare outrages, 228; Frankfurt detention of, 140–1; Frederick II addressed as ‘Your Humanity’ by, 59; Frederick II begins to tease, 135–6; Frederick II describes incognito visit to Strasbourg to, 60; Frederick II evicts from Sans Souci, 132; Frederick II joined in Berlin by, 95–7; Frederick II meets, 60; Frederick II uncovers spying activities of, 96–7; Frederick II visits Bayreuth with, 97; Frederick II’s correspondence with, 53; Frederick II’s letter to, concerning death of Charles VI, 62; Frederick II’s more frequent correspondence with, 128; and Hirschel, 131–5; illness of, 138; inherited fortune of, 131; leaves Berlin, 139; Leipzig stay of, 139; Louis XV gives ‘spy’ money to, 95; Louis XV loathes, 129; Mitchell suspicious of Frederick II’s correspondence with, 187; move to Berlin by, 129–30; poor health used to advantage by, 120; Prussian investments of, 138; rumours of Frederick II’s illness reach, 171; settles for ever in Prussia, 98; sexuality of, 143; as sophisticated companion, 92; threat of, to leave Berlin, 138; on Treaty of Breslau, 92; Wilhelmine entertains, 97
Wallis of Carrighmain, 68
Walpole, Horace, 125
Walpole, Sir Robert, 57
War of the Spanish Succession, 1
Wartensleben, Capt., 70
Westminster, Treaty of, 148, 149–50
Wilhelmine, Princess (sister), 1, 8, 9, 16, 18, 19, 46, 59, 132, 133–4, 136–7, 139, 145–50, 175, 208; Augustus II’s compliments to, 24; at Charles VII’s coronation, 81; death of, 179; engagement of, 39; father beats and kicks, 32; father confines, 32, 38; father teased by, 13, 22; and father’s illness, 55; and Frederick II’s illness, 62; Frederick II hints at suicide to, 163; Frederick II shares confidences with, 14, 24–5; Frederick II writes of Elizabeth to, 44–5; Frederick II’s correspondence with, of Voltaire, 133; Frederick II’s musical duets with, 21–2; in Frederick II’s dream, 171, 175; on Frederick II’s affair with Orzelska, 24; on Frederick II’s illness, 21; and George II’s ‘both or neither’ marriage offer, 16, 26; Hanbury Williams’s view of, 126; illnesses of, 145, 178; Margrave of Bayreuth suggested as husband for, 38–9; mother’s influence on, 12; palace of, 97; Voltaire’s correspondence with, 157; wedding of, 41
Winterfeldt, Hans Karl von, 46, 78, 101, 126, 152, 154, 158, 161–2, 163; at Battle of Prague, 158; death of, 166; Frederick II shares military secrets with, 121, 152; wounding of, 158
Wittelsbach family, 220, 221
Wolf, Christian, 8, 58
Wortly Montagu, Lady Mary, 52
Wreech, Col., de 40
Wreech, Mme de, 40, 177
Württemberg, Duchess of, 92
Zastrow, Gen. von, 180
Zieten, Gen., 78, 165, 169, 175, 189
Zorndorf, Battle of, 176–7
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