Editing Christian VII (section)

===Divorce===
The king divorced Caroline Matilda in 1772 after they had produced two children: the future [[Frederick VI of Denmark|King Frederick VI]] and [[Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark|Princess Louise Auguste]] (the latter is believed to be the daughter of Struensee). Struensee, who had enacted many modernising and emancipating reforms, was arrested and executed the same year. Christian signed Struensee's arrest and execution warrant under pressure from his stepmother, Queen [[Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel|Juliana Maria]], who had led the movement to have the marriage ended. Caroline Matilda retained her title but not her children.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}} She eventually left Denmark and passed her remaining days in exile at [[Celle Castle]] in her brother's German territory, the [[Electorate of Hanover]]. She died there of [[scarlet fever]] on 10 May 1775 at the age of 23.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Celle|title= Celle|publisher = Norsk biografisk leksikon|first= Arvid|last= Bornstein|access-date= 15 August 2016}}</ref>