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A Danish king's physician became the country's effective ruler
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Johann Friedrich Struensee gained extraordinary influence over Christian VII, whose mental illness limited his involvement in government. With access to the king and his signature, the physician pushed through Enlightenment-inspired reforms, including ending prior censorship in 1770. Treating the monarch opened a route to governing the monarchy.
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