See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

COUNT See also:

• ADAM
• ADAM (or ADAN) DE LE HALE (died c. 1288)
• ADAM, ALEXANDER (1741–1809)
• ADAM, JULIETTE (1836– )
• ADAM, LAMBERT SIGISBERT (1700-1759)
• ADAM, MELCHIOR (d. 1622)
• ADAM, PAUL (1862– )
• ADAM, ROBERT (1728—1792)
• ADAM, SIR FREDERICK (1781-1853)
• ADAM, WILLIAM (1751-1839)

ADAM GOTTLOB See also:

• COUNT ADAM GOTTLOB MOLTKE (1710-1792)
• MOLTKE, ADAM WILHELM, COUNT (1785-1864)
• MOLTKE, HELMUTH CARL BERNHARD, COUNT VON (1800-1891)

MOLTKE (1710-1792)  , Danish courtier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the loth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1710, at Riesenhof in See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg . Though of See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German origin, many of the Moltkes were at this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in the Danish service, which was considered a more important and promising opening for the See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north German noblemen than the service of any of the native principalities; and through one of his uncles, young See also:

• MOLTKE, ADAM GOTTLOB, COUNT (1710-1792)
• MOLTKE, ADAM WILHELM, COUNT (1785-1864)
• MOLTKE, HELMUTH CARL BERNHARD, COUNT VON (1800-1891)

Moltke became a See also:

• PAGE
• PAGE, THOMAS NELSON (1853- )
• PAGE, WILLIAM (1811-1885)

page at the Danish See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, in which capacity he formed a See also:

• LIFE

life-See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long friendship with the See also:

• CROWN

crown See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick, afterwards Frederick V . He never had any opportunity of enriching his mind by travel or study, but he was remarkable for a strongly religious temperament and seems for some time to have been connected with the Moravians . Immediately after his See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession, Frederick V. made him hofmarskal (court See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal), and overwhelmed him with marks of favour, making him a privy councillor and a See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count and bestowing upon him Bregentved and other estates . As the inseparable See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, Moltke's See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence soon became so boundless that the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign diplomatists declared he could make and unmake ministers at will . Fortunately he was no See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary favourite . Naturally tactful and considerate, he never put difficulties in the way of the responsible ministers . Especially interesting is Moltke's attitude towards the two distinguished statesmen who played the leading parts during the reign of Frederick V., Johan See also:

• SIGISMUND (1368-1437)

Sigismund Schulin and the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder See also:

• BERNSTORFF, ANDREAS PETER, COUNT VON (1735–1797)
• BERNSTORFF, CHRISTIAN GUNTHER, COUNT VON (1769-1835)
• BERNSTORFF, JOHANN HARTWIG ERNST, COUNT

Bernstorff . For Schulin he had a sort of veneration . Bernstorff irritated him by his See also:

• GRAND

grand airs of conscious superiority . But though a Prussian intrigue was set up for the supersession of Bernstorff by Moltke, the latter, convinced that Bernstorff was the right See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in the right See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, supported him with unswerving See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty . Moltke was far less liberal in his views than many of his contemporaries .

He looked askance at all projects for the emancipation of theserfs, but, as one of the largest landowners of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, he did much service to See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture by lightening the burdens of the countrymen and introducing technical and scientific improvements which greatly increased See also:

• PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production . His greatest merit, however, was the guardianship he exercised over the king, whose sensual temperament and weak See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character exposed him to many temptations which might have been very injurious to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Frederick had the See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good sense to appreciate the honesty of his friend and there was never any serious See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach between them . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Louisa the king would even have married one of Moltke's daughters had he not peremptorily declined the dangerous See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour . On the decease of Frederick V., who died in his arms (See also:

• JAN

Jan . 14, 1766), Moltke's dominion was at an end . The new king, See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian VII., could not endure him, and exclaimed, with reference to his lanky figure: " He's See also:

• STORK (A. S. store, Ger. Storch)

stork below and See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

fox above." He was also extremely unpopular, because he was wrongly suspected of enriching himself at the public expense.l In See also:

• JULY

July 1766 he was dismissed from all his offices and retired to his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate at Bregentved . Subsequently, through the See also:

• INTEREST

interest of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, to whom he had always been favourable, he regained his seat in the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council (Feb . 8, 1768), but his influence was slight and of brief endurance . He was again dismissed without a See also:

• PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension, on the loth of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1770, for refusing to have anything to do with See also:

• STRUENSEE, JOHAN FREDERICK (1731-1772)

Struensee . He lived in retirement till his death on the 25th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1792 . His See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs, written in German and published in 187o, have considerable See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical importance .

See H . H . Langhorn, Historische Nachricht fiber See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die dl nischen Moltkes (See also:

• KIEL

Kiel, 1871) . (R . N .