Early Modern & the Imperial Age: Dancing away the crown

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Dancing away the crown

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Topic: Dancing away the crown

Posted By: LeopoldPhilippe
Subject: Dancing away the crown
Date Posted: 10-May-2015 at 19:56

In 1715, Princess Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden married Frederick I of Hesse-Kassel.
During the wedding her brother, King Charles XII declared: "Tonight my sister is dancing away the crown."
Please define "dancing away the crown".

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Posted By: Sidney
Date Posted: 12-May-2015 at 11:24

Her infatuation with Frederick meant that she was paying little attention to the important political machinations that her bridegroom might have been (and indeed was) planning. She was basically enjoying herself too much, without realising that she was putting her royal power into the hands of another.