Perhaps because once Fritz was King, a great many people claimed to have done something for him during the Küstrin year, and that's how it came about.
That could be. Remember when Nicolai said there was a widespread story that Katte was in Wesel? These things happen.
which means there must have been some kind of Ur-tale that then spread, with apparantly the builders in Potsdam subsequently adapting it to declare that soldier had been Knobelsdorff.
And Fouqué the grandson, who has a slightly different variant on what is clearly the same ur-tale.
Given that Fritz was demonstrably found of the Münchow family thereafter, I'm currently guessing your version is the most likely one and fits with other things they did for him.
Yeah, and fits with the written evidence that he had a lamp and a book (that I very much doubt was the Bible--although apparently Fritz did highlight some passages, so maybe! At least assuming those passages were highlighted by him, as they were claimed to be in the 19th century. One must question everything. ;) ).
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Re: Book review I: Der Meister von Sanssouci - Fredersdorf and historical footnotes
Date: 2021-03-19 07:16 pm (UTC)That could be. Remember when Nicolai said there was a widespread story that Katte was in Wesel? These things happen.
which means there must have been some kind of Ur-tale that then spread, with apparantly the builders in Potsdam subsequently adapting it to declare that soldier had been Knobelsdorff.
And Fouqué the grandson, who has a slightly different variant on what is clearly the same ur-tale.
Given that Fritz was demonstrably found of the Münchow family thereafter, I'm currently guessing your version is the most likely one and fits with other things they did for him.
Yeah, and fits with the written evidence that he had a lamp and a book (that I very much doubt was the Bible--although apparently Fritz did highlight some passages, so maybe! At least assuming those passages were highlighted by him, as they were claimed to be in the 19th century. One must question everything. ;) ).