I have yet another MacDonogh citation where I don't see where the cited source actually says what he says it says. Only this time it's 25 pages of FW's idiosyncratic German, so maybe it's actually me for once.
When you have time, would you mind skimming FW's political testament of 1722 to see if he actually expresses an interest in his successor reviving the old claims to Silesia? Since the Hohenzollerns supposedly only had succession rights to about a fifth of it, he may not mention Schlesien by name. The areas MacDonogh (who is as unreliable as Burgdorf but unfortunately almost all I've got in my current state) mentions are Liegnitz, Brieg, and Wohlau, but he may not mention them by name either.
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I have yet another MacDonogh citation where I don't see where the cited source actually says what he says it says. Only this time it's 25 pages of FW's idiosyncratic German, so maybe it's actually me for once.
When you have time, would you mind skimming FW's political testament of 1722 to see if he actually expresses an interest in his successor reviving the old claims to Silesia? Since the Hohenzollerns supposedly only had succession rights to about a fifth of it, he may not mention Schlesien by name. The areas MacDonogh (who is as unreliable as Burgdorf but unfortunately almost all I've got in my current state) mentions are Liegnitz, Brieg, and Wohlau, but he may not mention them by name either.
Thanks!