Re: Not his type?

Date: 2020-07-19 02:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] selenak
It's not in Ziebura, though it is in Christian von Krockow's double portrait of Fritz and Heinrich. (Which is where I first came across it, then I looked the sourceup in the relevant part of the Wanderungen.) Mind you, since Krockow uses Fontane as a source, it doesn't give a second citation. Otoh, Wiki also claims the Fredersdorf got dismissed because of money troubles tale without giving any citations for it, and I did not see anything in the footnote saying why they think the story about Fritz asking for Kaphengst's dismissal is wrong, either.

On the third hand: Fontane was a novelist. Though usually you can tell the part where he makes things up (like the description of Hans Heinrich returning from the wars and meeting his kid son) and where he tells stories he has from sources. Also, he provides an exact year for the order, the sum of the money, and the name of the man who supposedly delivered the order, so I do suspect he had the anecdote from a source, and money is on the page he names, von Wüllknitz. Here's the passage from the Wanderungen, verbatim:

Der König, der in seiner Sanssouci-Einsamkeit von allem unterrichtet war, mißbilligte, was in Rheinsberg vorging, und wollte dem »Verhältnis« à tout prix ein Ende machen. 1774 überbrachte deshalb ein Page des Königs (von Wülknitz) dem Prinzen Heinrich ein königliches Geschenk von 10000 Stück Friedrichsdor, freilich zugleich mit der Order, »daß er den Major von Kaphengst entlassen möge«, eine Order, deren Wortlaut sich hier der Möglichkeit der Mitteilung entzieht.
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