Charlotte & Leopold
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Cumberland, Duchess of, 1
Cumberland, Duke of, 1, 2
de Clifford, Lady, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
de Flahault, Count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
‘Delicate Investigation’, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
de Morny, Duke, 1
de St Laurent, Julie, 1, 2
de Stäel, Madame, 1, 2
Devonshire, Duchess of, 1, 2
Devonshire, Duke of, 1, 2,
Douglas, Lady, 1, 2, 3
Douglas, Sir John, 1, 2, 3
Dupré, Dr, 1
Elgin, Lady, 1, 2
Ellenborough, Lady, 1
Ellis, Charles Rose, 1
Elphinstone, Hon. Margaret Mercer, 1, and Charlotte 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18;
and Charlotte and Leopold 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
and Flahault 1, 2, 3;
and Prince Regent 1, 2, 3, 4
Emich Charles, Prince, 1, 2
Ernest, Duke, 1, 2, 3
Ernest the Pious, 1
Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1
Fisher, Rt Rev. Dr John, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
FitzClarence, Captain George, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Fitzherbert, Maria, 1, 2, 3, 4
Fitzroy, Anne, 1
Fitzroy, Georgiana, 1, 2
Flahault see de Flahault, Count
Fox, Charles James, 1
Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1, 2
Frederica, Princess, 1
Frederick, King of Prussia, 1, 2, 3, 4
Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1, 2
Frederick the Wise, 1
Gagarin, Mrs, 1, 2, 3, 4
Gagarin, Prince, 1, 2
Gardner, Sir Robert, 1
Garth, General Thomas, 1, 2, 3, 4
Garth, Tom, 1
George III, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
George IV, see Prince Regent
‘Great UP, the’ see Fisher, Rt Rev. Dr John
Glenbervie, Lady, 1
Glenbervie, Lord, 1
Gloucester, Duke of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Grey, Earl, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Griffiths, Mrs, 1, 2
Gronow, Captain, 1, 2
Habeas Corpus Act, 1
Halford, Sir Henry, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Hamilton, Lady, 1, 2
Hampton Court, 1
Harcourt, General, 1
Harcourt, Mrs, 1, 2
Hardenbroek, Baron, 1, 2, 3
Harris, James, see Malmesbury, Baron
Hatton, Anna, 1
Hayman, Miss, 1, 2
Hertford, Lady, 1, 2
Hesse, Lieutenant Charles, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Higgins, Mr, 1
Hole, Mr, 1
Holland, Lady, 1
Home, Sir Everard, 1
Hotham, Vice-Admiral Sir Henry, 1
Hortense, Queen of Holland, 1 2, 3, 4, 5
Hunt, Leigh, 1
Ilchester, Lady, 1, 2, 3
Jersey, Lady, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Jordan, Mrs, 1, 2
Josephine, Empress of France, 1, 2
Julie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1
Keith, Lord, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Kent, Duchess of, see Victoria, Princess of Leningen
Kent, Duke of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Keppel, Hon. George, 1, 2, 3
Knight, Cornelia, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Knighton, Sir William, 1
Lieven, Prince, 1
Lieven, Princess, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Liverpool, Lady, 1, 2, 3
Liverpool, Lord, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Louis, King of Holland, 1, 2, 3
Louis, Mrs, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Louise-Marie, Queen, 1, 2
Louise of Brabant, 1
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 1
Louis-Philippe, King, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Lower Lodge, 1
Malmesbury, Baron, 1, 2, 3
Manby, Captain Thomas, 1, 2, 3, 4
Marlborough House, 1
Mary, Princess, and Charlotte 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; and marriage 1, 2, 3, 4 5
Maximilian, Emperor, 1, 2
Mercer, see Elphinstone, Hon Margaret Mercer
Morning Chronicle, 1, 2, 3
Murray, Amelia, 1
Murray, Lady Augusta, 1, 2
Napoleon I, 1, 2, 3; and Leopold 1, 2;
and wars 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12;
see also Waterloo, battle of
Napoleon III, 1, 2
Nelson, Admiral Lord, 1, 2
Nott, Rev. Dr George, 1, 2
Oatlands, 1, 2
Oldenberg, Prince George, 1, 2
Orange, Hereditary Prince of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Osborne, Lady Catherine, 1, 2
Palmerston, Lord, 1, 2, 3
Panam, Pauline, 1
Perceval, Spencer, 1, 2, 3, 4
Percy, Major the Hon. Henry, 1
Pergami, Bartolomeo, 1
Philippe, Prince of Belgium, 1
Pitt, William, 1, 2, 3, 4
Portland, Duke of, 1
Prince Regent, and Charlotte and Leopold 1, 2, 3, 4 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15; and Charlotte’s childhood 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
and Charlotte’s death 1, 2, 3;
and Charlotte’s young adulthood 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15;
and Grand Duchess Catherine 1;
and Maria Fitzherbert 1, 2, 3, 4;
and Lady Jersey 1, 2, 3, 4;
as King 1, 2, 3;
death 1;
health 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
income 1, 2;
marriage and divorce attempts, see Caroline of Brunswick;
politics 1;
regency 1;
unpopularity 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6;
see also Alexander, Tsar; Elphinstone, Hon. Margaret Mercer; Orange, Hereditary Prince of; Waterloo, battle of
Pulteney Hotel, 1
Récamier, Jacques-Rose, 1
Récamier, Juliette, 1, 2
Roberts, Samuel, 1
Rolle, Lady, 1
Rosslyn, Lady, 1, 2, 3
Rothschild, Nathan, 1, 2
Royal Coburg Theatre, 1
Rudolf, Prince, 1
Salisbury, Lady, 1, 2
Sanders, George, 1
Shakespeare, 1
Sheffield, Lady, 1
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1, 2
Short, Rev. Dr William, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Siddons, Mrs, 1, 2
Sims, Dr John, 1, 2
Smith, Captain Sir Sidney, 1, 2
Sophia, Princess, 1, 2, 3, 4
Sophia of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, 1, 2, 3
Southey, Robert, 1
Sterkey, Mr, 1, 2
Stockmar, Dr Christian, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Sussex, Duke of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Talleyrand, Prince, 1, 2
The Times, 1, 2
Trafalgar, battle of, 1
Triand, Mrs, 1, 2
Turnerelli, 1
Udney, Mrs, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Versailles, 1
Victoria, Princess of Leningen, 1, 2, 3, 4
Victoria, Queen, 1, 2, 3; and Leopold 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
von Preussen, Prince August, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
von Eppinghoven, Frau Meyer, 1
Warwick House, 1, 2, 3, 4
Waterloo, battle of, 1, 2, 3
Weigall, Lady Rose, 1
Wellesley, Arthur, see Wellington, Duke of
Wellington, Duke of, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11;
and Charlotte 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Whitbread, Samuel, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
William I, 1
William II, see Orange, Hereditary Prince of
William IV, see Clarence, Duke of
William VI of Orange, Prince 1
‘Willikin’, see Austin, William
York,
Duchess of 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
York, Duke of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; and Charlotte 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
Charlotte’s father dressed as Colonel of the 10th Light Dragoons, before self-indulgence detroyed his figure.
Charlotte: an idealised portrait of the lonely Princess.
Charlotte’s mother in the wedding dress chosen for her by the Queen.
Charlotte, no longer a tomboy.
Leopold in Russian uniform.
Claremont, the house where Charlotte and Leopold lived for most of their short married life.
Charlotte’s lady companion and champion, Cornelia Knight, ‘the Chevalier’.
Charlotte’s closest friend and confidante, the beautiful heiress Mercer Elphinstone.
The opulent Crimson Drawing Room at Carlton House, where Charlotte and Leopold were married.
Charlotte in a traditional Russian costume, a present from the Grand Duchess Catherine.
Charlotte wearing the diamond bracelet that her husband gave her as a wedding present.
The miniature of himself that Leopold gave to Charlotte.
The Tsar and the Grand Duchess Catherine on the balcony of the Pulteney Hotel.
Brilliant, cynical Henry Brougham, who manipulated public support for Charlotte and her mother in his own political interest.
Queen Hortense, daughter of the Empress Josephine, mother of the Emperor Napoleon III and mistress of Prince Leopold and Count Flahault.
Madame Récamier, the famous French beauty who broke Prince August’s heart.
A cartoonist’s representation of the Regent introducing the penniless German princeling German princeling to his daughter.
‘Slender Billy’, the Hereditary Prince of Orange. Leopold, he lamented, had taken ‘his wife and his kingdom’.
Prince August, ‘the only black sheep in the Prussian royal family’. A portrait of Madame Récamier hangs on the wall behind him.
Leopold wearing the moustache he grew to please Charlotte.
Leopold resplendent in the robes of a Knight of the Garter, which he wore to stunning effect at his father-in-law’s coronation.
How Charlotte’s father’s coronation might have looked if her mother had been allowed to attend.
The apprehensive Prince sets sail for his precarious new kingdom.
The Regent and his mother, assisted by the Lord Chancellor, scrub up the verminous foreign Prince to make him fit for Charlotte.
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