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Excerpt from Publications of the Navy Records Society, Vol. 9
George Rooke's journal is concerned; and in this we shall be greatly assisted by the correspondence of Mr. J. Robinson, envoy at the Court Of Stockholm, which has recently been acquired by the British Museum. When King Christian the Fifth of Den mark died, on August 25, 1699, and left his throne to his son Frederick the Fourth, the danger of a war for the possession Of Holstein was already imminent. The young King, first cousin Of Charles XII., was lean, small in stature, with a smooth and pallid countenance. His appearance was not pre possessing, but he had a proud and fiery spirit. He was also intelligent, cultivated, and true. He was not likely to surrender any part Of his dominions without a struggle, and he therefore continued the policy Of a triple alliance between Saxony, Russia, and Denmark against Sweden which had been begun by his father. In January 1700 an alliance was Signed at the Hague between England, Brunswick, Laneburg, and Celle, with a view Of putting some check on the fiery spirit Of the Danish King, and Of supporting the Treaty Of Altona, by which England, Holland, and other German States guaranteed the Duchy Of Holstein to the House of holstein-gottorp. The negotiations which followed had no result. Denmark was threatened on many sides. Swedish troops were massed together in the Duchy Of Holstein and in the territory Of Bremen, threatening advances were made from Pomerania and from Hanover, General Rehbinder stood ready to march in Gottenburg, and Norway, which then belonged to Denmark, was menaced from other quarters.
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