(Her husband, btw, was the brother of Elisabeth Christine, aka Fritz' not-even-a-beard wife.)
Likewise, unfavorite brother of Fritz, favorite son of FW, and father of FW 2, Augustus Wilhelm, was married to a sister of Fritz's not-even-a-beard wife. So 3 of the Hohenzollern siblings married 3 of the Brunswick siblings, instead of, as Mom wanted, the Hanover siblings.
Philippine Charlotte was married off by FW at around the same time he was marrying Fritz to EC and Wilhelmine to the Margrave of Bayreuth. Augustus Wilhelm was married off ten years later at Fritz's behest, shortly after he became king and no longer had to even pretend to be trying to impregnate his not-even-a-beard wife, as a political concession to make her family, the Brunswicks, less upset at how completely he was setting aside his wife (initially in favor of his mother, eventually in favor of his dogs, the marquises de Pompadour ;) ). Especially after he'd been using EC to get her family to help cover his book, art, and music expenses while Crown Prince. Fritz's idea of a solution: not, "maybe I could be nice to my wife," but "my brother can have sex with his wife, since he's so good at that." (Fritz, remember, after losing a battle, engaged in his usual "well, it wasn't MY fault" scapegoating practice by telling Augustus Wilhelm he sucked so much as a general he could go focus on the heir-begetting part and leave the war to Fritz and Heinrich. AW is devastated, dies, Heinrich holds a grudge forever, builds that obelisk as soon as Fritz dies. <-- An unkindness of brothers.)
Huh. If the English double marriage project had gone through, would Fritz have had to (try to) get his wife's sister Caroline married off to AW? Hadn't thought of that. As discussed, I think he might have been less blatantly dismissive of Amelia than EC, but he still wouldn't have been fathering heirs on her, and he might have been worried about her tattling (and that's a much more powerful family to piss off).
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Re: Charlotte and sisters?
Date: 2019-09-11 12:07 pm (UTC)A couple small supplements for
Had porphyria (like nephew George III, possibly).
Had porphyria (like dad FW, probably).
Had porphyria (like brother Fritz, possibly).
It is a genetic condition.
(Her husband, btw, was the brother of Elisabeth Christine, aka Fritz' not-even-a-beard wife.)
Likewise, unfavorite brother of Fritz, favorite son of FW, and father of FW 2, Augustus Wilhelm, was married to a sister of Fritz's not-even-a-beard wife. So 3 of the Hohenzollern siblings married 3 of the Brunswick siblings, instead of, as Mom wanted, the Hanover siblings.
Philippine Charlotte was married off by FW at around the same time he was marrying Fritz to EC and Wilhelmine to the Margrave of Bayreuth. Augustus Wilhelm was married off ten years later at Fritz's behest, shortly after he became king and no longer had to even pretend to be trying to impregnate his not-even-a-beard wife, as a political concession to make her family, the Brunswicks, less upset at how completely he was setting aside his wife (initially in favor of his mother, eventually in favor of his dogs, the marquises de Pompadour ;) ). Especially after he'd been using EC to get her family to help cover his book, art, and music expenses while Crown Prince. Fritz's idea of a solution: not, "maybe I could be nice to my wife," but "my brother can have sex with his wife, since he's so good at that." (Fritz, remember, after losing a battle, engaged in his usual "well, it wasn't MY fault" scapegoating practice by telling Augustus Wilhelm he sucked so much as a general he could go focus on the heir-begetting part and leave the war to Fritz and Heinrich. AW is devastated, dies, Heinrich holds a grudge forever, builds that obelisk as soon as Fritz dies. <-- An unkindness of brothers.)
Huh. If the English double marriage project had gone through, would Fritz have had to (try to) get his wife's sister Caroline married off to AW? Hadn't thought of that. As discussed, I think he might have been less blatantly dismissive of Amelia than EC, but he still wouldn't have been fathering heirs on her, and he might have been worried about her tattling (and that's a much more powerful family to piss off).