The King's Mistress: The True & Scandalous Story of the Woman Who Stole the Heart of George I
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Charbonnier, Martin 30–1
Charlemagne 34
Charles I, King 95, 96
Charles II, King 22–3, 40–1, 98, 145
Chesterfield, Earl of 125, 128, 161, 206, 272
Chevreau, Urban de 33
Child, Sir Caesar 229
Christian Heinrich (brother of George I) 27, 37–8, 39, 72
Christian Ludwig (brother of Ernst August) 24, 25
Christina of Sweden, Queen 33
Chronicles of Newgate, The 141
Clavering, John 131
coffee houses (London) 145–6
Colt, Sir William Dutton 18
Colvin, H.M. 156
Conzbrücke, battle of (1675) 40
courtesans, court 49–50
Cowper, Lord 165–6
Cowper, Mary, Countess 116, 117, 126, 129, 165–6, 170, 178, 179, 192, 197, 203, 207, 208, 212, 216
Coxe, William 116, 231, 237–8, 259, 262
Craggs, James (the elder) 216, 228
Craggs, James (the younger) 129, 169, 205, 215, 228
Creation of the World, The 140
Cromwell, Oliver 95, 96
Daily Courant 147
Daily Journal 247–8
Damaideno, Abbot Theodoro 34
Dawes, Sir William 263
Daye, Carey 106
de la Fosse, Rémy 71
Defoe, Daniel 97, 110
Degenfeld, Louise von 22
Delany, Mrs 83
Descartes, René 33
Destouches (diplomat) 225
Dryden, John
Annus Mirabilis 138
Dupplin, Lady 102
East India Company 214
Egmont, Lord 103
Electoral College 28
Elizabeth of Bohemia (wife of Frederick V) 20, 21, 197
Eltz, Philipp Adam 39
Emden castle 10
Emkendorf Castle 269
Enrico Leone (opera) 35–6
Ernst August, Elector of Hanover (father of George I)
affair with Klara von Platen 35, 42–3, 66
attempt to secure the Hanoverian claim to electoral cap 28–9, 33–4, 35, 36
and brother’s anti-contract of marriage 24, 25–7
and Carnival 31–2
and courtesans 50
death 37, 66, 69
dukedom of Hanover passes to 28
marriage to Sophia 23–4, 39, 50, 66
mistresses 52
opposition to daughter-in law’s affair with Königsmarck and ordering of murder of 59–60, 66
plot against by son (Maximilian) 37
primogeniture announcement and split within family over 36–7
Ernst August (brother of George I) 27, 72, 76–7, 88, 218, 268
Etough, Reverend Henry 237–40, 262–3
Eusden, Reverend Laurence 217
Evening Post 147
‘Excellent New Ballad, An’ 147
exclusion crisis (1679) 97–8
Fabrice, Friedrich Ernst von 166, 237
fairs (London) 140–1
fashion 81–4
Figuelotte see Sophia Charlotte (sister of George I)
Flitcroft, Henry 138
Forster, Thomas 104
France peace treaty with England (1713) 99
Frederick the Great 32–3, 255
Frederick Louis (son of George II) 78, 156, 199, 255
Frederick V, Elector Palatine 20–1
Frederick William of Brandenburg-Prussia 78
Friedrich August (brother of George I) 27, 36, 37, 49
Gallery, the (Hanover) 35
gambling 141
Gay, John 97, 121, 143
The Beggar’s Opera 143
Gemmingen, Madame 203
Georg August (future George II) 44, 77, 78, 131, 245–6
acrimony between and rupture with father 64–5, 77, 179, 183, 187–206
anger at father’s dismissal of Argyll 191–2
coronation 269
and death of son 205
devotion to mother 188–9
expulsion from palace and separation from children 153, 183, 187, 196–7, 205
marriage to Caroline of Ansbach 78
reconciliation with father 206–7
relationship with Melusine 193, 271
relationship with own children 156, 187
setting up of rival court in Leicester Square 117–18, 183, 197
George August (uncle to George I) 80–1
George of Denmark, Prince 40–1
George I, King 19
acrimony and rupture between son and 64–5, 77, 179, 183, 187–206
alleged incestuous affair with half-sister 87–8, 127–8, 130
anti-Hanoverian ballads and pamphlets against 103–4, 125, 147–8, 150
birth and childhood 27–8
birthday celebrations 216–17
break-down of marriage to Sophia Dorothea 45–6, 49, 54, 55
bribery allegations at court of 166–76
challenging of by the Pretender (James Stuart) 102–3, 104–5
character and attributes 40, 51, 74, 188
condemnation of for treatment of Sophia Dorothea 63–4
conflict with brothers over primogeniture 37–8, 64, 187
contesting of accession to the British throne 101–2
coronation 102
court of 111, 112–15, 119–21
daily routine 119
death 268
and death of sister (Figuelotte) 80, 115–16
dismissal of Argyle 191–2
divorce from Sophia Dorothea and ordering of her incarceration 4–5, 63–4, 188
as Elector of Hanover 71–2, 74–6, 81, 163
enforced sociability at court due to rupture with son 194, 195, 197–8
expulsion of son from palace and orders separation of children 153, 183, 187, 196–7, 205
faction and discontent within first
English ministry 176–8
as father to illegitimate daughters 72, 79, 132–3
flirtations and fondness of women 125–8
grooming to be future king 39–40
ill-health 193–4, 197, 255
influence of ‘German cabal’ on 163, 164–6
love of opera and theatre 142 85
marriage to Melusine rumours 259–64
marriage to Sophia Dorothea 41–2, 43–4, 53
military campaigns 45
mother’s love for 27, 28
movement between seasonal residences 118
and parliament 97
preferring intimacy of family life over court life 112–15, 117
proclamation as king of England 90–1
reconciliation with son 202, 206–8
refusal to accept paternity of illegitimate children 53–4, 72
and rehabilitation of Bolingbroke 237, 238–41
relationship with half-sister (Sophia Charlotte) 43, 131, 132
relationship with Melusine 4, 50, 53, 65, 80, 81, 84, 86–7, 163, 248, 260–1
relationship with Sophie Karoline 251
relationship with Walpole 241
renovation of Göhrde 71
representation of by historians 50–1
return visits to Hanover whilst king of England 91, 178, 190, 249
romantic attachments before marriage 42–3
rumours of sexual rapacity of 125–9
and South Sea Bubble 215, 218–19, 220
and Stanhope’s death 227–8
takes up residence at St James’s Palace 100
and Turkish servants 115–17
and upbringing of son 190–1
use of British resources in Hanoverian matters 178–9
and Whigs 100–1, 105–6
and wife’s affair with Königsmarck 5, 62, 63–4
will 171
George II, King see Georg August
George William of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duke (brother of Ernst August) 23, 24, 25–6, 41, 62, 64, 78
German P
rotestant Union 20
Germany
and Thirty Years War 21
Gibbs, James 138
Giusti, Tommaso 35
Glorious Revolution (1688) 38, 95
Gloucester, William, Duke of 38
Göhrde, hunting lodge at 70–1
Görtz, Friedrich Wilhelm von 40, 106, 165, 168
Grand Alliance 99
Great Fire of London (1666) 138
Great Northern War 76
Grote, Otto 40
Guildford, Lord 225
Gwynn, J. 110
Habeas Corpus, suspension of 104
Halifax, Lord (Charles Montagu) 176–7
Hamilton, Duke of 200
Hamilton, Elizabeth Gerard, Duchess of 200, 201
Hammerstein, Alexander von 80, 206
Hampton Court 118, 154–6, 197–9
Handel, George Frideric 85, 142, 143–4, 203
Water Music 144
Hanover 17–19, 73
admission to Electoral College (1708) 61
as ally of the Grand Alliance 99
and Carnival 31–2, 36
claim to electoral cap 29, 35, 36
court at 18–19, 73–4
courtesans at court 49–50
electoral cap conferred on House of (1693) 39, 61
enhancing glory of through architecture and portraiture 34
establishing of primogeniture (1683) 36
fashion 81–4
Gallery 35
genealogy of House of 33–4
and Herrenhausen 18, 29–31, 70, 158
illegitimacy in 43
and Leineschloss 18, 28, 29, 34
opera 35–6
population 81
unification with Celle 62, 81
Hardenberg, Christian Ulrich von 252–4
Harley, Abigail 102
Harley, Edward 216, 224, 260
Harley, Robert see Oxford, Earl of
Harley, Thomas 228
Harling, Frederick von 204
Harling, Katharine von 249
Hatton, Ragnhild 51, 77, 128, 190, 206, 214, 215
Hattorf, Baron 154
Hawksmoor, Nicholas 138
Hayter, Thomas 263
Heidegger, John James 142, 270
Henry the Lion 24, 28, 34, 36
Henry VIII, King 154–5
Herrenhausen (Hanover) 18, 29–31, 70, 158
Hervey, Lord John 118, 130, 199, 275
Hillsborough, Lord 229
Historia Domus 33–4
Hogarth, William
Southwark Fair 140–1
Holy Roman Empire 18
Howard, Henrietta see Suffolk, Countess of
Hugo, Ludolf 40
Hussey, Christopher 159
Hyde, Anne 98
Irby, Sir William 163–4
Irish copper coinage patent scandal 233–4
Irwine, Lady 226
Jacobite rebellions 61, 103–5, 142, 235–6
Jacobites 64, 90, 101, 104
James I, King 21, 95
James II, King 38, 95, 98, 102
James, John 138
James Stuart (Pretender) 99, 101, 102–3, 104–5, 199–200, 236
Jardine, Lisa 155
Jews 96
Joanne Sophie see Schaumburg-Lippe, Countess of
Johann, Adolf 23
Johann Friedrich, Duke 24, 25, 28, 29
Jones, Inigo 139, 159
Karl Ludwig (uncle to George I) 21–2, 23, 25, 70
Karl Philipp (brother of George I) 27, 37, 44, 49
Kendal House 271, 274–5
Kensington Palace 116, 118, 156–60, 197, 202
Kent, William 116, 153, 158, 159
Kielmansegg, Johann Adolf von 88, 166, 170, 171, 197
King’s Theatre (London) 142, 144
Kinnoull, Abigail, Countess of 216
Knesebeck, Eleonore von dem 45, 57, 60, 61, 63, 65
Knight, Robert 222, 224, 225–7
Königsmarck, Hans Christoff von 55–6
Königsmarck, Count Philipp von 66, 77, 201
affair with Sophia Dorothea 4–5, 51, 55–60, 77
background 55–6
murder of 60, 61–2, 65
Königstreu, Mehemet von 71, 115–16, 154, 194, 267–8
Law, John 215, 218, 221, 223
Leathes, William 226
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm 19, 30, 33–5, 74, 76
Leicester House 153
Leineschloss (Hanover) 18, 28, 29, 34
Leinster, Duke of 119
Leopold I, Emperor 18, 36, 39, 81
Lepell, Molly 125
Letti, Miss 247, 255
Licensing Act 147
Liselotte (Elizabeth Charlotte) (daughter of Karl Ludwig) 21, 25, 27–8, 52, 62, 102, 103–4, 133–4, 197, 200–1, 204, 260
London 96, 137–46
architecture 138
building activity 139
coffee and chocolate houses 145–7
fairs 140–1
gambling 141
Great Fire of (1666) 138
as important commercial centre 96
life on streets of 137
opera 142–3, 144–5
population 137
theatres 141–2
London Bridge 139
London Stock Exchange 146
lottery, state 117, 141
Louis XIV, King of France 33, 34, 39, 69, 95, 99, 102, 104, 193, 259
Louis XV, King of France 4
Louise, abbess of Maubuisson 20
Louise (daughter of Melusine) see Schulenburg, Anna Louise von der
Lubomirska, Princess Ursula Katherina 81
Macaulay 146–7
Macclesfield, Lord 73
Mackay, Charles 212, 215, 220–1
Macknight, Thomas 238
Macky, John 105–6
Madonetto, Pierre 32
Mahaffey, Kathleen 172
Maintenon, Madame de 69, 236, 259
mantua 82
Mar, Earl of 104–5
Marlborough, Duke of 95, 99, 177, 178, 191
Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of 111, 126, 153, 167, 183
Marriage Act (1754) 264
Mary II, Queen 38, 98–9, 158
Mary of Modena 98, 102
Masham, Abigail 111
masks
wearing of at Hanover court 83–4
Matthias, Johann 217, 220
Mauro, Hortensio 36
Maximilian Wilhelm (Max) (brother of George I) 27, 36–8, 44, 59
Mecklenburg 179
Mehemet see Königstreu, Mehemet von
Melusina story 9
Melusine see Schulenburg, Ehrengard Melusine von der
Melusine (daughter of Melusine) see Schulenburg, Petronella
Melusine von Mencken, Otto 60, 62
Methuen, Paul 129
Meysenbug, Maria Katherine von 42–3, 50
Mississippi Scheme (1720) (France) 212, 215, 218, 221
Mistra, Mustapha de 71, 115–16, 154
Molesworth, Lord 223–4
Moltke, Joachim and Otto Friedrich von 37
Montagu, Charles see Halifax, Lord
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley 18, 171, 172, 181–2, 188, 259
Montalbano, Nicolò 60
Morning Chronicle 175–6
Mustapha see Mistra, Mustapha de
Navius, Accius 34
Newcastle, Duke of 196
Newgate prison 141
Newton, Sir Isaac 234
Nicolson, William (Bishop of Carlisle) 203
Nottingham, Earl of 101, 105, 177
Oates, Titus 98
Oeynhausen, Margarethe Gertrud von (Trudchen) see Schaumberg-Lippe, Margarethe Gertrud
Oeynhausen, Rabe Christoph von 12, 73
Oeynhausen, Sophie Juliane von (sister of Melusine) 10–12, 73
Olbreuse, Eléanore d’ 25–7, 63
Onslow, Arthur 195
opera
and Handel 143–4
Hanover 35
–6
London 142–3, 144–5
Orléans, Philippe duc d’ 25, 82
Ormond, Duchess of 214
Oudernarde, Battle of (1708) 190
Oxford, Earl of (Robert Harley) 90, 99, 100, 101, 111, 177, 213
Paleotti, Marchesa 52
Palm, Karl Josef von 246
Peerage Bill 207
Perrault, Charles 51
Peter the Great 35
Peter the Wild Boy 116
Philippeaux, Henri (comte St Florentin) 250
Platen, Ernst August von 248
Platen, Franz Ernst von 42
Platen, Klara von (mistress of Ernst August) 35, 39, 42–3, 66, 74, 171
Platen, Sophia Charlotte von (illegitimate sister of George I) 3, 74, 251
alleged incestuous affair with George 87–8, 127–8, 130
antipathy between Melusine and 88, 119, 130–1, 251
appearance 127–8
bribery allegations 171
character 89, 130, 172
court rumours over lovers 129–30
creation of discord 88
death 256
and death of husband 197
finances 171
lodgings at St James’s 153–4
lottery win 141, 171
marriage 88
popularity 171–2
relationship with Caroline of Ansbach 88, 251
relationship with George 43, 131, 132
and South Sea Bubble 215, 225
titles bestowed on to by George 131
vilification of by Pope 174–5
Platen, Sophie Karoline von 88, 248–51
Plumb, J.H. 191
Pope, Alexander 172–4
‘Artemisia’ 174–5
Moral Essays 116
‘Phryne’ 172–4
on South Sea Bubble 213
Popish Plot 98
Portland, Jane, Countess of 202–3, 204
Pozobueno (Spanish ambassador) 246
Pretender see James Stuart (Pretender)
Prussia 78
Pulteney, William 125, 221–2
Ralph, James 110
Redman, Alvin 19
Reynolds, Joshua 275
Ribeiro, Aileen 82
Riva, Giuseppe 145
Robartes, Lady Essex 165
Robethon, Jean 166, 167, 168–9
Royal Academy of Music 142–3
Rupert, Prince 22
St James’s Palace 109–10, 120, 153–4, 199
fire (1723) 154
St James’s Park 110–11
St Paul’s Cathedral 138, 155
Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough see Marlborough, Sarah, Duchess of
Saussure, César de 119–21, 126, 127, 151, 154, 156–7
Schaumberg-Lippe, Margarethe Gertrud (Trudchen) (daughter of Melusine) 73, 85, 109, 132–3, 176, 201–2, 205–6, 218, 267
Schaumburg-Lippe, Albrecht Wolfgang zu (son of Joanne Sophie) 132, 176, 202, 270
Schaumburg-Lippe, George Augustus zu (son of Trudchen) 275
Schaumburg-Lippe, Joanne Sophie, Countess of 77–8, 89, 91, 132, 197, 201, 202, 205, 268, 269, 270
Schaumburg-Lippe, William zu (son of Trudchen) 275