Frederick the Great discussion post 9

[cahn]

...I leave you guys alone for one weekend and it's time for a new Fritz post, lol!

I'm gonna reply to the previous post comments but I guess new letter-reading, etc. should go in this one :)

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Re: Fritz and Wilhelmine Correspondance, Trier Version V: And in the end...

[mildred_of_midgard]

BTW, I remember in one of the earliest posts Mildred had asked me whether Fritz was ever known to visit Wilhelmine's grave (to get comparative data for him not visiting Katte's grave), and I couldn't say. That was before I had a clearer idea about the chronology. Given that the war doesn't end until 1763 and the Margrave dies early in that very year, succeeded by crazy uncle Christian who kicks out all the artists and scholars and cuts down contact to the main Hohenzollerns to the absolute mininum, I'm 100% sure he didn't.

That is useful information! Thank you. I also didn't know anything about the chronology, or uncle Christian, or anyone at all.

Now, I don't *know* that the Antinous statue is the parallel to the Temple of Friendship, but I like to imagine that it was his way of grieving, and that's perfectly valid. There is no One True Way to grieve, pace fans and biographers and Fritz when needling Voltaire, argh.