Hi Ann,
Yes the king was suffering from scitsofrenia, dont know how you spell it
propper, sorry, and the german doctor had good treatments for the king,
eventually love grew betwen the queen and the doctor.
The queen had a daughter wich was the doctors child, but she actually was
treated like a real princess. The doctor was excecuted and the queen was
deported to Germany
where she died few years later. We have a lack of portraits of the queen,
because they mostly all was burned.
Even the summer pallace where they spended their affairs, was teared down to
the ground.
True story.
I could ask the 18th century womens list about the Great Coat for women,
never heard that.
Only outer garment i know women used, was a cloak, a saloppe, and a
Brunswick. The last term, Brunswick had a special variation here in Denmark,
it was used for indoor wear, and was cut same way as a robe a la francaise,
except no pleats in the back, but a hood in the neck. It was another queen
that came from Brunswick wich introduced this version to the danish ladys.
Bjarne
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In a message dated 3/16/2006 8:51:40 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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When Struensee, a german doctor was excecuted in Copenhagen, the
newspapers
wrote that he wore a "Viltskur" wich is the danish name of a greatcoat
made
of fur. His fur coat was made of wolf. It was angle lenght and had a big
collar attached to it according to the print they published of the
episode.
The german doctor had first his right hand cut off, then his head. He had
an
affair with our queen.
Thanks Bjarne, but in the context this is definitely a "dress" of some
kind.
One of several references--"We have retired to dress for dinner. Shall I
tell you our dresses? I hear you say "Yes." Mrs. P. wears a brocade;
Cousin
M. her pink Great-Coat, and I my pink."
However, your story reminded me that I read a historical novel years ago
about this queen. According to that author, her husband was, ahem, not
that
interested in women, so she turned elsewhere for solace. It was so long
ago
that I don't remember the title or author, but I remember it was about a
queen
of Denmark, and that her lover was a learned man.
Ann Wass
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