Not entirely sure if you guys are aware of this, so I'm just mentioning it here: During my recent reading adventures, I noticed that Fritz' actually wrote Karl - favourite brother-in-law/oldest EC brother/duke - a condolence letter on October 1st already:
My dear brother, I am very sorry to tell you the disagreeable news of your brother Albert's death. He was too brave. I have often written to my sister that I feared some accident for him. But I can assure you at the same time that he did not shame his family. Prince Ferdinand has outdone himself, and I owe him praise that he contributed so much to the victory of this battle. I beg you to keep your precious friendship for me, and to be convinced of the great tenderness with which I am, my dear brother, etc.
It's interesting that he bascially expresses the same sentiment (Albert was too reckless and that's why he died) as in his October 9th letter to EC, but not as awfully phrased and not with the same level of defensiveness. And I note that when he's writing to the duke, he'd predicted to his sister this would happen, but when he writes to EC, he'd predicted it to the duke.
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Follow-Up Condolence Letters
Date: 2020-11-27 09:43 am (UTC)My dear brother,
I am very sorry to tell you the disagreeable news of your brother Albert's death. He was too brave. I have often written to my sister that I feared some accident for him. But I can assure you at the same time that he did not shame his family. Prince Ferdinand has outdone himself, and I owe him praise that he contributed so much to the victory of this battle.
I beg you to keep your precious friendship for me, and to be convinced of the great tenderness with which I am, my dear brother, etc.
It's interesting that he bascially expresses the same sentiment (Albert was too reckless and that's why he died) as in his October 9th letter to EC, but not as awfully phrased and not with the same level of defensiveness. And I note that when he's writing to the duke, he'd predicted to his sister this would happen, but when he writes to EC, he'd predicted it to the duke.