Oh, right, the crazy Trenck affair was Amalie! See, I know all these stories in isolation, but summoning them all up in connection with the right person all at the same time is a bit harder. ;) Yeah, the Trenck affair (double entendre totally intended) is confusing, more confusing than the two cousin Count Rothenburgs who supported Fritz, largely because we're all WTF actually happened there???
At the very least, it's one of the cases where Fritz gets finger wagging from historians for locking someone up with so little transparency, no trial, no formal charges, etc. Bad enlightened monarch!
But in 2008, they found a letter from me to her, written in 1787, the year of her death, which "at least indicates great familiarity", which is their way of phrasing I totally scored!
Ahahahaha, love it.
I could never figure that family out.
Join the club, Trenck. Every day, I wake up to new developments from this family to stare at in disbelief.
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Re: Trenck, or: My Sister's Possible Boyfriend
Date: 2019-12-03 06:29 am (UTC)At the very least, it's one of the cases where Fritz gets finger wagging from historians for locking someone up with so little transparency, no trial, no formal charges, etc. Bad enlightened monarch!
But in 2008, they found a letter from me to her, written in 1787, the year of her death, which "at least indicates great familiarity", which is their way of phrasing I totally scored!
Ahahahaha, love it.
I could never figure that family out.
Join the club, Trenck. Every day, I wake up to new developments from this family to stare at in disbelief.