The King's Mistress: The True & Scandalous Story of the Woman Who Stole the Heart of George I
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Schnath, George 62
Schulenburg, Anna Elisabeth von der(née von Stammer) (stepmother) 11
Schulenburg, Anna Elisabeth von der(sister) 10, 12
Schulenburg, Anna Louise (Louise) (daughter) 53, 70, 79–80, 109, 130, 133, 176, 205, 270, 275, 176205
Schulenburg, Daniel Bodo von der (brother) 10, 12, 170
Schulenburg, Ehrengard Melusine von der (later Duchess of Kendal)
in Hanover
acknowledgement of status as George’s mistress and rise of position in court 69–70
becomes George’s mistress 49
birth of daughters and refusal of George to accept paternity 53–4, 65, 72
diplomatic role 78, 81
and divorce and imprisonment of Sophia Dorothea 63
leaves for England 91
lifestyle and routine 85–6
living at Göhrde 70–1
as maid of honour to Sophia, Duchess of Hanover 12, 49
pivotal to maintenance of friendly relations between George and rest of family 77
popularity at court 73
presiding at official functions 69
relationship with Sophia (George’s mother) 20, 51–3, 63, 69–70, 71–2, 89
rise of after Ernst August’s death 69
in England
allowance 119
apartments at St James’s 110–11, 153
attack on by Swift 82, 175
and betrayal by Hardenberg 252–4
bribery allegations against and reputation of corruption 170, 171, 172–4, 201, 225, 237–8
diplomatic role 246–7
dislike of Townshend and role of in downfall 179–81
elevated to Irish peerage 179–80
and George’s quarrel with his son 193
honours and titles bestowed on 91, 147, 247–8
household and servants 117
influence and power of 4, 180–3, 245
instrumental in rise and fall of George’s English ministers 180–3
involvement in political affairs and intermediary between George and his ministers 4, 5, 163–4, 179–83, 182, 205, 253–4, 261
Kensington Palace accommodation 202
life at court 118–19, 119
looting of Queen Anne’s diamonds allegation 3
mastering of English 91
and opera 144–5
overtures to the Pretender claims 199–200, 201
Pope’s attack on 172–5
preferring of intimacy of family life and close friends over court 112–13, 117
and rehabilitation of Bolingbroke 235–6, 237–9, 241
return visits to Hanover 91, 178, 190, 249
selling of copper coinage in Ireland patent 233–5
and Sophie Karoline 250–1, 253–4
and South Sea Bubble 4, 201, 211, 213, 215, 219–20, 223, 225, 228, 233
theatre visits 141–2
unpopularity of 268
and upbringing of Georg August and Caroline’s children 201–3
vilification and lampooning of in publications 91, 147–50, 172–6, 234–5
and Wren’s dismissal 155
Personal Life
antipathy between Sophia Charlotte and 88, 119, 130–1, 251
appearance and figure 3, 51–2, 84
attitude towards money 170
birth and childhood 9, 12
charity giving 170
closeness of relationship with siblings 11, 53, 54, 75–6
and death of brother (Frederick William) 211
death and burial 274
and death of daughter (Trudchen) 267
and death of father 53
and death of George 268–9
and death of mother 10–11
and death of youngest brother (Frederick William) 211
dislike of daughter Melusine’s husband 272–3
education 11
fashion worn by 84–5
finances 4, 170–1, 233
generosity and kindness of 77–8, 170
ill-health 132, 217, 237, 270
insecurities felt over relationship with George and finances 86–7, 170–1, 199–200, 233
kindness of 77–8
life after George’s death 269–72
marriage to George rumours 259–64
parental background 9–10
pension 170, 233
portraits 5, 84–5, 128
relationship with daughter (Louise) 80
relationship with daughter (Melusine) 254, 272
relationship with and devotion to George 4, 50, 53, 65, 80, 81, 84, 86–7, 163, 248, 260–1
relationship with George’s children by Sophia 77–8
and religion 85–6
reputation 3
sense of fun 134
will 273
Schulenburg, Frederick William von der (half-brother) 11, 12, 75, 166, 194, 197–8, 211
Schulenburg, Gustav Adolph von der, Count (father) 9–11, 53
Schulenburg, Johann Matthias von der (brother) 10, 12, 49, 75–6, 86–7, 118, 170, 262
Schulenburg, Johanna Auguste von der (stepsister) 11, 12
Schulenburg, Margarete Gertrud von der (sister) 10, 12, 54, 72–3
Schulenburg, Petronella Melusine von der (Melusine) (daughter of Melusine) 65, 70, 109, 176, 205, 206, 238, 254, 270, 272–3, 275
Schulenburg, Petronilla Ottilia von der (mother) 9, 10
Schulenburg, Sophie Juliane (sister) see Oeynhausen, Sophie Juliane von
Schutz, Baron 101, 169
Scotland
and Pretender’s cause 104–5
union with England (1707) 104
Settlement, Act of (1701) 38, 74, 163
Shrewsbury, Duchess of 125–6
Shrieder, Mrs 117
slave trade 137, 214
and South Sea Company 214–15
Sophia Charlotte (illegitimate sister of George I) see Platen, Sophia Charlotte von
Sophia Charlotte (Figuelotte) (sister of George I) (later Queen of Prussia) 37, 44, 72, 77, 80, 115–16
Sophia Dorothea of Celle (wife of George I)
affair with Königsmarck 4–5, 51, 55–60, 77
appearance and figure 52
birth 27
birth of son (George II) 44–5
break down of marriage to George I and divorce 4–5, 45–6, 49, 54, 55, 60–1
death 259, 262
as focus of opposition to Hanover 61
and husband’s affair with Melusine 55
incarceration in Ahlden prison and separation from prison 5, 61–3, 64, 65, 188, 259
marriage to George I 41–2, 43–4, 53
motherhood 64–5
popularity at Hanover court 44
relationship with mother-in-law 44
Sophia Dorothea (daughter of George I and Sophia Dorothea) 27, 77, 78–9, 255
Sophia, Duchess of Hanover (mother of George I) 12, 17–24
admiration of Versailles 33
birth of children 27
birth of George 27–8
childhood 21
court of 33
death 89
and Eléonore’s marriage to George
William 25–7
Grand Tour of Italy and France (1664) 33, 34
and husband’s mistresses 42, 52
and illegitimate granddaughters 70
and Leibniz 33, 34
lineage and parental background 19–21
love for son (George) 27, 28
and marriage of George to Sophia Dorothea 41
marriage to and relationship with Ernst August 23–4, 39, 50, 66
quest for husband 21, 22–3
rebuilding of Herrenhausen and re-creation of gardens 29, 30–1
relationship with Melusine 20, 51–3, 63, 69–70, 71–2, 89
relationship with Sophia Dorothea 44
succession and Act of Settlement 38–9
suspected of treason against husband 37, 39
Sophie Karoline see Platen, Sophie Ka
roline von
Sorosina, Benedetta 145
South Sea Bubble 4, 143, 182, 201, 211–23
Aislabie made scapegoat 227
bribe list 222–3, 224
bursting of 217–18
ending of crisis 229
failure of Sunderland to inform George of disaster 218–19
flight of Knight and failed attempt to get extradited 222–3, 225–6
losing of fortunes and bankruptcies 221–2
and Melusine 4, 201, 211, 213, 215, 219–20, 223, 225, 228, 233
ministerial casualties 227–8
origins 213–16
Pope on 213
and Walpole 228–9
South Sea Company 213, 214–15
Speck, W.A. 96
Spencer, Charles see Sunderland, Earl of
Spörken, Baron von 269
Stafford, Earl of 101
Stair, Lord 236
Stanhope, Charles 227, 228
Stanhope, James 101, 176, 179, 180, 181, 182, 196, 205, 207, 215, 227, 227–8
Steel’s Company 199
Steffani, Agostino 19, 85, 145
Suffolk, Countess of (Henrietta Howard) 51–2, 153, 270, 271
Sunderland, Earl of (Charles Spencer) 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 192–3, 196, 205, 207, 216, 218, 228
Sunderland, Lady 83
Swift, Jonathan 96, 111, 143, 200, 221, 233–4
attack on Melusine 82, 175
Gulliver’s Travels 175
lampooning of Melusine in Irish coinage patent scandal 234–5
on London 139–40
‘Prometheus’ 235
‘A Simile on our Want of Silver’ 235
The South Sea Project 209
theatre, London 141–2
Thirty Years War 18, 21, 28, 32, 56
Thomas, Hugh 214–15
Toland, John 73–4
Tories 97–8, 99, 100–1
Townshend, Charles, Viscount 105–6, 163–4, 168–9, 176, 177, 178–9, 182–3, 192, 197, 205, 211–12, 250, 251
Townshend, Dorothy (née Walpole) 105
Tract of the National Interest, A (1757) 96
trade, British 137
Trudchen see Schaumburg-Lippe, Margarethe Gertrud zu
Tulip Mania (Netherlands) 212
Ulrich (tailor and fool) 154
United Provinces 99
Utrecht, Treaty of (1713) 99, 100, 139, 213
Vanbrugh, Sir John 153, 155, 157, 168
Venice 29
Versailles 33, 81–2
Villette, marquise de 236
Walpole, Horace 126, 127–8, 137, 188–9, 238, 265, 267, 273
Walpole, Robert 100, 105, 106, 163, 177, 178, 211–12
background and character 106, 180
and Bolingbroke 237, 241
and Georg August 192, 194
and Irish copper coinage patent scandal 234
and Melusine 106, 180–1, 183
and reconciliation of George I with son 206–8
relationship with George I 205, 241
and Sophie Karoline 250
and South Sea Bubble 212, 228–9
War of the Spanish Succession 75, 99
Weekly Journal 149
Wentworth, Peter 166
Wesley, Samuel 149
Westminster Bridge 139
Westphalia, Treaty of (1648) 18, 28
Wharton, Duke of 172
Whigs 97–8, 176
and George I 100–1, 105–6
rift amongst and reconciliation 192, 194, 205–8
Whitworth, Charles 247
Wilhelmine (granddaughter of George I) 88–9, 187, 247, 255–6, 259
William III, King 38, 39, 80, 95, 98, 99, 157
Windham, William 221
Windsor Castle 156
Wood, William 171, 233, 234
Worsley, Lucy 125
Wren, Sir Christopher 138, 153, 154, 155, 157
Wyndham, Sir William 104
* A left-handed, or morganatic marriage was the union between two people of different rank, usually a ruling prince with a commoner. Although the marriage was binding, neither the spouse nor any children of the marriage had rights of inheritance. It was called a left-handed marriage as during the ceremony the groom held the bride’s left, rather than her right hand.
Table of Contents
Dramatis Personae
Family Trees
1 A Portrait
2 The Mermaid and the Girl
3 Venice of the North
4 The Mistress
5 Beloved
6 The Crown at Last
7 Germans in England
8 A Strange Family
9 A City out of Rubble
10 Palaces
11 Politics and Players
12 A Battle
13 A Bubble
14 Venality
15 Diplomacy
16 A Marriage?
17 Endings
Plates
Notes on illustrations
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Table of Contents
Dramatis Personae
Family Trees
1 A Portrait
2 The Mermaid and the Girl
3 Venice of the North
4 The Mistress
5 Beloved
6 The Crown at Last
7 Germans in England
8 A Strange Family
9 A City out of Rubble
10 Palaces
11 Politics and Players
12 A Battle
13 A Bubble
14 Venality
15 Diplomacy
16 A Marriage?
17 Endings
Plates
Notes on illustrations
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Notes
Index