Johann Friedrich, count von Struensee (German physician and statesman) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia: "German physician and statesman
born Aug. 5, 1737, Halle, Prussia [Germany]
died April 28, 1772, Copenhagen, Den.
(count of)
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 Germany) in the 1760s. Through acquaintance with certain Danish courtiers, he was named to accompany the mentally unstable Christian VII on a European tour (1768–69), a post that led to Struensee’s appointment as court physician in 1769. Dominating the king, he became the lover of Queen Caroline Matilda in ..."
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