...every time this 16 kids thing comes up I'm all !! how does this even work with running an empire?! /has given birth twice, was pretty overwhelmed by the whole thing, and that's with modern medicine

That Fritz quote! One hears such sounds, and what can one say but... Fritz. (mildred_of_midgard, this is a quote from Amadeus, what Mozart says about Salieri. But it is applicable here!)

"No, I am not unforgiving towards him. But my dislike is rooted in the experiences I've had with him. I am concerned, and not without reason, that I will never be able to feel safe for as long as this King is as powerful as he is now."

I don't understand the essay writer; this sounds pretty chill to me, given everything that had happened!