Your arguments about the difficulty of Fredersdorf committing murder or murder-for-hire are very persuasive.
And if he was afraid of losing Fritz' favour before, which is the entire supposed motive for such a deed, he'd be 100% certain to lose it if Fritz as much as suspected such a thing. No one ever described Fredersdorf as foolish.
I could not agree with this more. Whatever happened to Georgii, Fritz did not suspect Fredersdorf of wrongdoing. And it's doubtful to me that Fredersdorf, wherever he might fall on the continuum from nice to ruthless, would have taken that risk with a touchy king in 1741.
Re: Fredersdorf: Prime Suspect? (or: By Jove, I've found it!)
And if he was afraid of losing Fritz' favour before, which is the entire supposed motive for such a deed, he'd be 100% certain to lose it if Fritz as much as suspected such a thing. No one ever described Fredersdorf as foolish.
I could not agree with this more. Whatever happened to Georgii, Fritz did not suspect Fredersdorf of wrongdoing. And it's doubtful to me that Fredersdorf, wherever he might fall on the continuum from nice to ruthless, would have taken that risk with a touchy king in 1741.