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jewels which had been presented to her since then, and after that, they could keep them. At this point, the king was taken ill, and she was thereby given the time to send for the jewels from Berlin, which were return to Sweden on 20 May. On 3 July, she presented the jewels she had initially agreed to show to the inventory, but still refused to present the "Berlin Jewels". She was finally forced to agree to present them for inventory on 22 June. To prevent this, she and her followers within the
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Ehrensvärd, their follower within the capital garrison, prepared for the coup. That same day, however, Ernst Angel, Christiernin, Stålsvärd, Puke, Angel and a number of others were arrested. During the interrogation, Ernst Angel
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439:lady's maid
404:Second plan
368:. She sent
353:Life Guards
300:coup d'état
248:planned by
246:coup d'état
242:Kuppen 1756
209:Life Guards
164: [
1197:Categories
538:References
479:Hovpartiet
423:Norrköping
414:Hovpartiet
370:Johan Puke
320:Hovpartiet
288:Erik Brahe
279:Hovpartiet
264:Background
172:Erik Brahe
158:Adam Horn
861:Main Plot
305:In 1754,
856:Bye Plot
697:Fulltext
516:See also
429:Exposure
419:Västerås
345:Värmland
218:Strength
101:Location
759:1155 BC
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349:Uppland
333:Uppsala
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