Right? OMG, Fritz! was certainly my reaction when I read the 1752 one. Not least because of the "who has always shown me friendship" note added to Ferdinand's part. He formally deposited it in the archives and asked for it back to use as a template when he set out to write the updated one in 1769, so I'm kind of wondering if the 200,000 thaler were a result of him rereading what he did in 1752...
The "Ferdinand, who has always shown me friendship" remark from 1752 is soooo aimed at Heinrich. Especially since Ferdinand's main interaction with Fritz was not talking back on the occasions when he had to meet him and otherwise taking care to stay as far away from him as he could.
Mind you, I can also see 1752!Fritz thinking "I just financed his wedding for him and allowed him to live in Rheinsberg, for which the brat has yet to thank me. What more does he want?" Considering that this is the year when he writes to Wilhelmine that while he's not in "Monseigneur Henri"'s confidence re: how much or little he's in love with his bride, he's sure la femme will do Heinrich good, and also Mina is such an ornament that the family "we can contratulate ourselves to this acquisition".
Meanwhile, 1769: things are looking stormy in Sweden and Russia and Austria. Fritz is about to let Heinrich travel to sister Ulrike and get an unexpected present in the form of a sizable part of Poland in return...
Meanwhile, 1769: things are looking stormy in Sweden and Russia and Austria. Fritz is about to let Heinrich travel to sister Ulrike and get an unexpected present in the form of a sizable part of Poland in return...
The 1752 will is from January, though, so months before the wedding. Of course, he could have had the planned costs in mind (and the fact that Heinrich already got Rheinsberg), but I have no idea how set all of it was at that point.
Also, I don't know about the 1769 will, but the first one was strictly confidential - at least that's what Fritz wrote to EC's brother Karl, whom he made executor of the will: „[...] I am at the same time placing in your hands a copy of the will, as I have had it deposited in the archives with the usual formalities, begging you not to communicate it to anyone, to avoid all jealousy and family quarrels, to which it could give rise, all the more so since I have not shown it to a living soul."
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Re: Various questions from Mildred
Date: 2021-02-28 01:18 pm (UTC)Re: Various questions from Mildred
Date: 2021-02-28 03:12 pm (UTC)Re: Various questions from Mildred
Date: 2021-02-28 03:19 pm (UTC)"For Heinrich, who saved my ass in the Seven Years' War..."
Re: Various questions from Mildred
Date: 2021-02-28 03:58 pm (UTC)Mind you, I can also see 1752!Fritz thinking "I just financed his wedding for him and allowed him to live in Rheinsberg, for which the brat has yet to thank me. What more does he want?" Considering that this is the year when he writes to Wilhelmine that while he's not in "Monseigneur Henri"'s confidence re: how much or little he's in love with his bride, he's sure la femme will do Heinrich good, and also Mina is such an ornament that the family "we can contratulate ourselves to this acquisition".
Meanwhile, 1769: things are looking stormy in Sweden and Russia and Austria. Fritz is about to let Heinrich travel to sister Ulrike and get an unexpected present in the form of a sizable part of Poland in return...
Re: Various questions from Mildred
Date: 2021-02-28 04:04 pm (UTC)Yep, was thinking exactly this.
Re: Various questions from Mildred
Date: 2021-02-28 04:44 pm (UTC)Also, I don't know about the 1769 will, but the first one was strictly confidential - at least that's what Fritz wrote to EC's brother Karl, whom he made executor of the will: „[...] I am at the same time placing in your hands a copy of the will, as I have had it deposited in the archives with the usual formalities, begging you not to communicate it to anyone, to avoid all jealousy and family quarrels, to which it could give rise, all the more so since I have not shown it to a living soul."