Also my French is even worse than I thought it was, sigh.
So now I'm puzzled -- it seems to be missing at least one 1745/1746 letter and the dates are all over the place!
Quoting from selenak's comment here: 20. September 1745: Coronation of FS in Frankfurt; en route to said coronation, but the biography does not specify on which day exactly, MT passes through Emskirchen which is Bayreuth principality territory, and there has lunch with Wilhelmine
=> all hell breaks loose.
22. November 1745: Fritz invades Saxony (the first time). This basically ends the second Silesian War, with MT agreeing to letting Fritz have Silesia, Fritz belatedly voting for FS as Emperor and writes to Wilhelmine the "have made peace with YOUR FRIEND THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY" letter I already mentioned, along with Wilhelmine's "yay peace! she's not my friend, though cool" reply. Or, to quote it in the original phrasing: "Regarding the Queen of Hungary, I have never had a preference for her or a particular attachment to her interests. I simply do justice to her good qualities and consider it permitted to esteem all people who possess these." (Countered with "you are a traitor and a miscreant" type of letters.)
The letters: 2 Oct, F to W - "We have just defeated the Austrians." 19 Oct, W to F - You're the greatest, bro! 29 Oct, F to W - Thanks, sis! I am the greatest! 30 Dec, F to W - (Ma chere soeur instead of Ma tres chere, :(((((( ) - I just made peace with YOUR FRIEND 15 Jan, W to F - Yay peace! She's not my friend, I just acknowledge her good qualities! (these two are the ones referred to above) 29 Mar, F to W - You know, all the conflicts we've been having are not JUST your fault, it's also the fault of That Person I Won't Name Because That Would Actually Be Good Communication, but if I say "cuckold" will you get my hint? (which selenak has also translated previously)
But it sounds like there is at least one more letter between Jan and Mar where Fritz really got on her case for the "yay peace" comment? Or am I misunderstanding something one of you said in previous comments? Or is it a later letter where she's called a traitor and miscreant?
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Wilhelmine/Fritz letters
Date: 2019-11-21 05:26 pm (UTC)Also my French is even worse than I thought it was, sigh.
So now I'm puzzled -- it seems to be missing at least one 1745/1746 letter and the dates are all over the place!
Quoting from
20. September 1745: Coronation of FS in Frankfurt; en route to said coronation, but the biography does not specify on which day exactly, MT passes through Emskirchen which is Bayreuth principality territory, and there has lunch with Wilhelmine
=> all hell breaks loose.
22. November 1745: Fritz invades Saxony (the first time). This basically ends the second Silesian War, with MT agreeing to letting Fritz have Silesia, Fritz belatedly voting for FS as Emperor and writes to Wilhelmine the "have made peace with YOUR FRIEND THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY" letter I already mentioned, along with Wilhelmine's "yay peace! she's not my friend, though cool" reply. Or, to quote it in the original phrasing: "Regarding the Queen of Hungary, I have never had a preference for her or a particular attachment to her interests. I simply do justice to her good qualities and consider it permitted to esteem all people who possess these." (Countered with "you are a traitor and a miscreant" type of letters.)
The letters:
2 Oct, F to W - "We have just defeated the Austrians."
19 Oct, W to F - You're the greatest, bro!
29 Oct, F to W - Thanks, sis! I am the greatest!
30 Dec, F to W - (Ma chere soeur instead of Ma tres chere, :(((((( ) - I just made peace with YOUR FRIEND
15 Jan, W to F - Yay peace! She's not my friend, I just acknowledge her good qualities! (these two are the ones referred to above)
29 Mar, F to W - You know, all the conflicts we've been having are not JUST your fault, it's also the fault of That Person I Won't Name Because That Would Actually Be Good Communication, but if I say "cuckold" will you get my hint? (which selenak has also translated previously)
But it sounds like there is at least one more letter between Jan and Mar where Fritz really got on her case for the "yay peace" comment? Or am I misunderstanding something one of you said in previous comments? Or is it a later letter where she's called a traitor and miscreant?