Editing Christian VII (section)

===Struensee===
{{See also|Royal Life Guards' Mutiny}}[[File:Struensee_Juel.jpg|thumb|upright|Portrait of [[Johann Friedrich Struensee]] by [[Jens Juel (painter)|Jens Juel]].]]
The progressive and radical thinker [[Johann Friedrich Struensee]], Christian's personal physician, became his advisor and rose steadily in power in the late 1760s to ''de facto'' regent of the country, where he introduced widespread progressive reforms. Struensee was a protégé of an [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] circle of aristocrats that had been rejected by the court in Copenhagen. He was a skilled doctor, and having somewhat restored the king's health while visiting the [[Schleswig-Holstein]] area, he gained the king's affection. He was retained as travelling physician (''Livmedikus hos Kong Christian VII'') on 5 April 1768, and accompanied the entourage on the king's foreign tour to [[Paris]] and [[London]] via [[Hannover]] from 6 May 1768 to 12 January 1769. He was given the title of State Councilor (''[[etatsråd]]'') on 12 May 1768, barely a week after leaving Altona. The neglected and lonely Caroline Matilda entered into an affair with Struensee.<ref>{{cite web|url=   https://snl.no/Johann_Friedrich_Struensee|title=  Johann Friedrich Struensee|publisher =Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=  Magne|last=  Njåstad|access-date= 15 August 2016}}</ref>

From 1770 to 1772, Struensee was ''de facto'' regent of the country, and introduced progressive reforms signed into law by Christian VII. Struensee was deposed by a coup in 1772 after which the country was ruled by Christian's stepmother, [[Juliane Marie of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]], his half-brother [[Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Denmark|Frederick]], and the Danish politician [[Ove Høegh-Guldberg]].<ref>{{cite web|url=   https://nbl.snl.no/Christian_7|title=  Christian 7|publisher =    Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=  Terje|last=  Bratberg|access-date= 15 August 2016}}</ref>