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 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)