Johann Friedrich Struensee, German physician and politician (born 1737)

Johann Friedrich Struensee

Danish physician, philosopher and statesman (1737–1772)

Lensgreve Johann Friedrich Struensee was a German-Danish physician, philosopher and statesman. He became royal physician to the mentally ill King Christian VII of Denmark and a minister in the Danish government. He rose in power to a position of de facto regent of the country,…