Hirschholm Palace
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Hirschholm Palace, also known as Hørsholm Palace, was a royal palace located in present-day Hørsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 1740s an
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Hirschholm in decay, 1797
Hørsholm Church from 1883, now standing at the site of the former palace
Johann Friedrich Struensee
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Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark-Norway and a minister in the
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…of its time, it became known as the "Versailles of the North". It developed a notorious reputation in connection with its role in the affair between Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Caroline Mathilda in the 1770s. After that it fell into disrepair and was demolished in 1809–1813. The palace was designed by Lauritz de…
Portrait by Hans Hansen, 1824
Portrait of Struensee, 1770
Queen Caroline Mathilda
Contemporary woodcarving of Struensee's arrest