Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 20

[cahn]

Yuletide signups so far:
3 requests for Frederician RPF, 2 offers
2 requests for Circle of Voltaire RPF, 3 offers !! :D :D

(I am so curious as to who the third person is!)

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Re: Fritz, Entitled

[mildred_of_midgard]

I went to compare FW's titles near the beginning of his reign (August 16, 1713), and they're the same, in the same order, with only these differences:

Fritz but not FW: Geldern, East Frisia.

Geldern: became part of Prussia as part of the Treaty of Utrecht, which was negotiated between 1713 and 1715.

East Frisia: This is interesting, because as soon as I realized East Frisia was in Fritz's titles but not FW's, I thought, "Wait, didn't that that fall to Prussia a few years after 1740?" And sure enough, Wikipedia and the historical maps I'm consulting agree on 1744.

FW but not Fritz: Marquis zu der Behre und Blissingen.

Behr(e): I can't find it. Do our Germans have any idea?

Blissingen: Would make sense if this were modern-day Bisingen, which is where Hohenzollern Castle is located. Wikipedia tells me it was ruled by another branch of the Hohenzollern line and fell to Prussia when that branch went extinct in 1850.

FW: is definitely claiming Silesia! Which reminds me that Ziebura said F1 (cahn, do we need to keep prefixing F1 with "Grandpa" or will you remember that this was Fritz's grandfather?) was promised his Silesian claims in 1711 in return for voting for Charles VI as HRE. I don't know if it's true, but Ziebura says.

Re: Fritz, Entitled

[cahn]

Nah, I think I can remember who F1 is at this juncture :D