Great Grandpa the Great Prince Elector had his anniversary this weekend, so there was an article in my favourite newspaper about him. (Pointing out, among other things, the oddity that in an age where there was Cromwell, Richelieu and Louis XIV, the one making away with the adjective „the Great“ past his own life time was the not king of little Prussia. If google translates for you, have a look at this take on „the creator of Prussia“:

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/friedrich-wilhelm-von-brandenburg-preussen-schoepfer-1.4795494

(Still frightfully busy, but just ten more days to go. Am feeling like Yoda in Return of the Jedi, to tell you the truth.)