They still had claim to a "Pflichtteil", their "share of duty"
Makes sense--it's the same in French inheritance law. I can see I'm going to have to research Prussian inheritance law as much as I did French for this AU!
...how he'd have decided in a scenario where Hans Herrmann survives and is now the new King's favorite is another question altogether...
Yeah...
But even more interesting to me, since I might actually write this AU, is the one where Hans Hermann, eldest son, has deserted the army, has been living in exile under a death sentence for ten years, and only one year before Hans Heinrich's death, has been pardoned by the new king, but is still living in France.
I kind of feel like maybe Hans Heinrich, even if they have a reconciliation, does not approve of all the deserting and still goes with youngest son, thus passing over *two* older brothers.
But if the two brothers then kill each other after the younger one comes to majority, I guess it reverts to the remaining son, French exile Hans Hermann? Whose boyfriend, even if he's inherited the estate of the "très riche" Comte Rottembourg (reason for all my knowledge about French inheritance law), could probably use the inheritance of the "loaded" Hans Heinrich. :D
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Re: Learning Frederick
Date: 2020-08-19 04:53 am (UTC)They still had claim to a "Pflichtteil", their "share of duty"
Makes sense--it's the same in French inheritance law. I can see I'm going to have to research Prussian inheritance law as much as I did French for this AU!
...how he'd have decided in a scenario where Hans Herrmann survives and is now the new King's favorite is another question altogether...
Yeah...
But even more interesting to me, since I might actually write this AU, is the one where Hans Hermann, eldest son, has deserted the army, has been living in exile under a death sentence for ten years, and only one year before Hans Heinrich's death, has been pardoned by the new king, but is still living in France.
I kind of feel like maybe Hans Heinrich, even if they have a reconciliation, does not approve of all the deserting and still goes with youngest son, thus passing over *two* older brothers.
But if the two brothers then kill each other after the younger one comes to majority, I guess it reverts to the remaining son, French exile Hans Hermann? Whose boyfriend, even if he's inherited the estate of the "très riche" Comte Rottembourg (reason for all my knowledge about French inheritance law), could probably use the inheritance of the "loaded" Hans Heinrich. :D