All right, I'm not going to get caught up tonight but I'm gonna get somewhere!
The Prussian princesses were much more amiable to her than they were to their sister 10 years earlier. Envy and jealousy, which her malicious behavior had caused against Elisabeth, whom she viewed as a rival in the struggle for the favor of her father and brother, found no point of attack in the quiet, friendly Louise.
Heh. Also Louise wasn't going to be the Queen for a very long time (and perhaps they thought never, depending on whether they realized yet that Fritz wasn't going to have any kids). I'm sure that made a huge difference.
Between her and the over-nervous, ambitious and internally dissatisfied Amalie, a solid friendship developed over time.
OK, this is nice :)
Elisabeth painfully felt it was “God's destiny” that the joys of motherhood were denied her
Heh. ...I guess you can call it God's destiny that your husband is gay! Although that's not how I usually hear it referred to :P
Well, Fritz made AW Prince of Prussia (which implies he's not expecting to have a son) in 1744. By then, the first Silesian War was over, the next had begun, and anyone who thought that Fritz and EC not sharing palaces was just a temporary thing after the ascension to the throne and before he was off to Silesia had to see he had no intention of moving back with her. No shared rooms, no kids. Now, of course people could still have expected Fritz to get hold and hence Louise not being Queen for a very long time, but given we was busy with Silesian wars until the end of 1745, he lived dangerously.
(Mind you: AW did, too. As was pointed out in several biographies, at the first siege of Prague all three brothers - Fritz, AW and Heinrich - could have died on the same occasion, and Heinrich's page, standing behind him, did.)
Anyway, in principle I agree that Louise not about to become Queen played a role in her being treated less maliciously. That, and when EC married Fritz, he actually (faked?) affection enough for her to satisfy Dad. Fritz wasn't the only one considering the Rheinsberg years his happiest. EC wrote blissful letters home during that era. So I would not be surprised if both EC and the sisters weren't sure about how things stood between Fritz and EC until he became King, and how much influence she would have once in his reign.
Yeah, and Ziebura quotes at least one letter from Fritz to EC during the Rheinsberg years that was... much nicer than anything afterwards that I know of. (to be fair, I've been told mostly of the not-so-great letters because those are the WTF ones, but...)
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Re: No Pity for the Wives readthrough - Louise
Date: 2020-09-14 05:13 am (UTC)The Prussian princesses were much more amiable to her than they were to their sister 10 years earlier. Envy and jealousy, which her malicious behavior had caused against Elisabeth, whom she viewed as a rival in the struggle for the favor of her father and brother, found no point of attack in the quiet, friendly Louise.
Heh. Also Louise wasn't going to be the Queen for a very long time (and perhaps they thought never, depending on whether they realized yet that Fritz wasn't going to have any kids). I'm sure that made a huge difference.
Between her and the over-nervous, ambitious and internally dissatisfied Amalie, a solid friendship developed over time.
OK, this is nice :)
Elisabeth painfully felt it was “God's destiny” that the joys of motherhood were denied her
Heh. ...I guess you can call it God's destiny that your husband is gay! Although that's not how I usually hear it referred to :P
Re: No Pity for the Wives readthrough - Louise
Date: 2020-09-14 08:24 am (UTC)(Mind you: AW did, too. As was pointed out in several biographies, at the first siege of Prague all three brothers - Fritz, AW and Heinrich - could have died on the same occasion, and Heinrich's page, standing behind him, did.)
Anyway, in principle I agree that Louise not about to become Queen played a role in her being treated less maliciously. That, and when EC married Fritz, he actually (faked?) affection enough for her to satisfy Dad. Fritz wasn't the only one considering the Rheinsberg years his happiest. EC wrote blissful letters home during that era. So I would not be surprised if both EC and the sisters weren't sure about how things stood between Fritz and EC until he became King, and how much influence she would have once in his reign.
Re: No Pity for the Wives readthrough - Louise
Date: 2020-09-15 04:53 am (UTC)