CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS QUOTATIONS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPLETE
WORK ***** BOOK I GEORGE THE FIRST'S
FAMILY
(1650-1730) INTRODUCTION HOUSE
OF BRUNSWICK-LUNEBURG Ancestors
of the Prussian and English Royal families, and SOPHIE
DOROTHEA OF CELLE
& COUNT KÖNIGSMARK
The
tragic love affair of the Uncrowned Queen of England-Hanover Sophia,
the
mother of a King and a Queen. Eleanore, the mother of an Uncrowned
Queen.
Sophie Dorothea’s tragic marriage. Sophie Dorothea and Königsmark.
The
Electorate of Hanover. Königsmark’s murder. Sophie Dorothea,
imprisoned for
thirty-two years. In conclusion. Mary Queen of Scots, ancestress of the
Hohenzollern Kings of Brandenburg-Prussia and the Stuart and
England-Hanover
Kings of England.
***** BOOK II
FREDERICK
THE GREAT’S FAMILY
(1620-1787) INTRODUCTION
I. THE
HOUSE OF HOHENZOLLERN Rulers
of Brandenburg-Prussia
II.
BERLIN and POTSDAM
The
1600s. The 1700s. Berlin
society in the 1700s. Potsdam.
III.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
(1712-86)
Childhood
and youth. King
Frederick the Second. The two Silesian Wars. The Seven Years’ War
(1756-1763).
An
absolute ruler.
***** BOOK III
PRINCESS
AMALIE & BARON FREDERICK
von der TRENCK The tragic love affair of
Frederick the Great’s youngest sister INTRODUCTION
I.
PRINCESS AMALIE (1723-87) Early
childhood. Ulrike’s marriage and Frederick von der Trenck. Her own
Royal
Household. Marriage projects. A Cannoness and an Abbess. Life in
Berlin. A
tragic time, July 1754. The Seven Years’ War. Tragedy within the Royal
Family.
Escape to Magdeburg, 1757. Berlin pillaged again. The Unter den Linden
palace.
The Wilhelmstrasse palace. Musician, composer, collector, benefactor.
Everyday
life. Deteriorating health, vital mind. A Hohenzollern legend, the
White Woman.
A massive Court. Peace at last. A magnificent, generous legacy. II.
BARON FREDERICK von der
TRENCK (1727-94), the Lover of a Princess Introduction.
A proud family history. Trenck’s parents and siblings. Entering the garde-du- corps (King’s bodyguard).
Falling in love with Princess Amalie. Gaoled in Glatz. Escape and
court-martial. The 1750 reprieve. Recaptured in Danzig, July 1754.
Gaoled in
Magdeburg. A request to the French Government. Riveted up in chains.
Court-martial, August 1756. A Princess visits? Freed on 29 December
1763.
Marriage. A triumphant return to Berlin, January 1787. A final meeting
with
Princess Amalie. A remarkably generous pension. The last refuge in
Germany,
Hamburg. Death by guillotine. Trenck’s descendants. III.
THE EVIDENCE PRINCESS AMALIE AND TRENCK
WERE LOVERS
IV. PRINCESS
AMALIE AND FREDERICK VON DER TRENCK’S LOVE-CHILD. Two Royal options: the Margravines Philippine
Auguste Amalie and Friederike Charlotte Leopoldine from
Brandenburg-Schwedt.
Another Option. Amalie’s Court Ladies: the Frauleins’ von Podewils, von
Hertefeld, von Zerbst; the Countess’ von Redern, von Schwerin and von
Dönhoff.
One more possibility, Amalia Schönhausen. Conclusion. So who was
the
illegitimate child of Princess Amalie and Baron Trenck? Significant
events in
the lives of Amalie and Trenck. V.
BARON FRANZ von der
TRENCK A ferocious Pandour leader. ***** BIBLIOGRAPHY
TO THE COMPLETE
WORK ***** |