Google has been employed, thank you! (Google is so smart it automatically translates as soon as I come here to read comments, and I never even get to see the German unless I ask for it.)
"Prinz Heinrich hatte 1762 den lebhaften Wunsch geäußert, dem Könige bei Wiederbeginn der Kriegsoperationen sich anschließen zu dürfen. Friedrich lehnte jedoch ab, da der junge Prinz erst vierzehn Jahr alt war."
In looking at the Henricus Major 1745/1746 correspondence, I find that Fritz also declined to let *him* go to war, age approximately 19.
So, um, asking for a friend...how close were Ulrike and AW? I ask because I went looking for that postscript, couldn't find it (probably because it's domestic rather than foreign and thus doesn't qualify as political correspondence), but ran across a letter to Ulrike in Sweden (who counts as political even when the subject is a death in the family?), telling her about the death of their mutual nephew.
And this--I'm not even going to call it a condolence letter, it's a "woe is me" letter--contains the following Fritzian gem about young late Henricus Minor: "C'était l'image de son père, il en possédait toutes les bonnes qualités, sans en avoir les défauts."
Which is to be translated:
Fritz: It's going on ten years and I'm still writing defensive death announcement letters about how I'm totally not responsible for AW's death!
Heinrich the Elder: Just you wait until it's been thirty years and I'm erecting an obelisk in his memory on the day of your funeral, bitch.
Oh, Fritz. Family therapy and hugs for everyone. No weapons, lots of music (though perhaps hold off on the fraternal rap battles).
Re: Heinrich the Younger, AW's son
"Prinz Heinrich hatte 1762 den lebhaften Wunsch geäußert, dem Könige bei Wiederbeginn der Kriegsoperationen sich anschließen zu dürfen. Friedrich lehnte jedoch ab, da der junge Prinz erst vierzehn Jahr alt war."
In looking at the Henricus Major 1745/1746 correspondence, I find that Fritz also declined to let *him* go to war, age approximately 19.
So, um, asking for a friend...how close were Ulrike and AW? I ask because I went looking for that postscript, couldn't find it (probably because it's domestic rather than foreign and thus doesn't qualify as political correspondence), but ran across a letter to Ulrike in Sweden (who counts as political even when the subject is a death in the family?), telling her about the death of their mutual nephew.
And this--I'm not even going to call it a condolence letter, it's a "woe is me" letter--contains the following Fritzian gem about young late Henricus Minor: "C'était l'image de son père, il en possédait toutes les bonnes qualités, sans en avoir les défauts."
Which is to be translated:
Fritz: It's going on ten years and I'm still writing defensive death announcement letters about how I'm totally not responsible for AW's death!
Heinrich the Elder: Just you wait until it's been thirty years and I'm erecting an obelisk in his memory on the day of your funeral, bitch.
Oh, Fritz. Family therapy and hugs for everyone. No weapons, lots of music (though perhaps hold off on the fraternal rap battles).