it was Sophie Charlotte, daughter of Uncle Heinrich Christoph, and Klosterhuis uses the word „Soll er einmal...“ i.el „he supposedly...“, the conditionalis. Source citation again Martin von Katte and either he or Klosterhuis don‘t seem entirely sure the story is true, hence the „soll“.
Oh, but this is still hilarious. Also, it's good to know which cousin, so I don't accidentally get it wrong. Also good to know it's not a confirmed anecdote.
He says they played the flute together, but does not use the word „lesson“.
Per Wikipedia, it was mathematics and mechanics lessons. Now that I think on it, don't they meet during lessons in Zeithain too? (I mean, aside from the nod to the operation that may or may not have happened.) And Fritz hates on math and Katte tries to win him over?
Now of course it‘s entirely possible to have an affair with G1‘s illegitimate daughter in winter/early spring and start another with the Crown Prince of Prussia in later spring, but still: fast work, Hans Herrman!
Indeed! Especially if that was the affair where he learned that women are really not for him, so as soon as he runs into a guy he's attracted to, extra motivation to act on it, consequences be damned.
And did you or did you not count on Melusine and Petronella as allies if the escape had succeeded?
OMG you're right! Wow, what would I do if I didn't have you to point out the obvious to me?
Yes. Hans Herrman‘s grandmother on the paternal side was Eva Maria von Stammer. Eva Maria‘s sister was Anna Elisabeth who had married Gustav Adolf von der Schulenburg. Melusine was the daughter of Anna Elisabeth.
Sheesh! I found both those women and thought the whole "aunt" thing made the most sense if they were sisters, making Melusine Hans Hermann's 1st cousin once removed of an older generation, but then all the genealogy sites were giving me no way of relating Eva and Anna Elisabeth. Well, another victory for Team Find Out Everything About Katte!
Just you wait until I publish my memoirs.
Ahahahaha. I trust they will be more reliable than some other memoirs by readers I could mention.
Re: Katte: Ordre und Kriegsartikel (Jürgen Klosterhuis)
it was Sophie Charlotte, daughter of Uncle Heinrich Christoph, and Klosterhuis uses the word „Soll er einmal...“ i.el „he supposedly...“, the conditionalis. Source citation again Martin von Katte and either he or Klosterhuis don‘t seem entirely sure the story is true, hence the „soll“.
Oh, but this is still hilarious. Also, it's good to know which cousin, so I don't accidentally get it wrong. Also good to know it's not a confirmed anecdote.
He says they played the flute together, but does not use the word „lesson“.
Per Wikipedia, it was mathematics and mechanics lessons. Now that I think on it, don't they meet during lessons in Zeithain too? (I mean, aside from the nod to the operation that may or may not have happened.) And Fritz hates on math and Katte tries to win him over?
Now of course it‘s entirely possible to have an affair with G1‘s illegitimate daughter in winter/early spring and start another with the Crown Prince of Prussia in later spring, but still: fast work, Hans Herrman!
Indeed! Especially if that was the affair where he learned that women are really not for him, so as soon as he runs into a guy he's attracted to, extra motivation to act on it, consequences be damned.
And did you or did you not count on Melusine and Petronella as allies if the escape had succeeded?
OMG you're right! Wow, what would I do if I didn't have you to point out the obvious to me?
Yes. Hans Herrman‘s grandmother on the paternal side was Eva Maria von Stammer. Eva Maria‘s sister was Anna Elisabeth who had married Gustav Adolf von der Schulenburg. Melusine was the daughter of Anna Elisabeth.
Sheesh! I found both those women and thought the whole "aunt" thing made the most sense if they were sisters, making Melusine Hans Hermann's 1st cousin once removed of an older generation, but then all the genealogy sites were giving me no way of relating Eva and Anna Elisabeth. Well, another victory for Team Find Out Everything About Katte!
Just you wait until I publish my memoirs.
Ahahahaha. I trust they will be more reliable than some other memoirs by readers I could mention.