If the duel was in 1728 or 1729 (remind me which one?)
With some help from Lavisse, Koser reminds me that the events that Hervey reports as triggering this almost-duel, the fight between Prussians and Hanoverians over Prussian recruiters being imprisoned in Hanover over their over-enthusiastic acquisition of soldiers for the Prussian army, and the Hanoverians stole some hay that the Prussians mowed, took place in August 1729. And even authors (like Koser and Lavisse) who don't mention anything about single combat that I can see, claim that soldiers were mobilized and the two kings almost went to war, so that does sound like a plausible time for a duel.
If it was that late, then I'm guessing Fritz doesn't need a regent? Assuming the duel takes place in September, he turns 18 in just 4 months. What was the age for not needing a regent in Prussia, though? It was 13 in France and 17 in Sweden (but had been 24 until a hundred years ago--they changed it for Gustavus Adolphus); not sure about Prussia.
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Re: What if: FW vs G2 duel goes go through, ends lethally
Date: 2021-02-26 02:16 pm (UTC)With some help from Lavisse, Koser reminds me that the events that Hervey reports as triggering this almost-duel, the fight between Prussians and Hanoverians over Prussian recruiters being imprisoned in Hanover over their over-enthusiastic acquisition of soldiers for the Prussian army, and the Hanoverians stole some hay that the Prussians mowed, took place in August 1729. And even authors (like Koser and Lavisse) who don't mention anything about single combat that I can see, claim that soldiers were mobilized and the two kings almost went to war, so that does sound like a plausible time for a duel.
If it was that late, then I'm guessing Fritz doesn't need a regent? Assuming the duel takes place in September, he turns 18 in just 4 months. What was the age for not needing a regent in Prussia, though? It was 13 in France and 17 in Sweden (but had been 24 until a hundred years ago--they changed it for Gustavus Adolphus); not sure about Prussia.