I see wikipedia has a 19th century painting of the ice house wedding (though they're both dressed in it):
Yeah, so my source is Wikipedia, not any kind of original document, so between a Wikipedia article and a 19th century painting of an early 18th century event, either could be correct. ;)
They do look cold, regardless!
Or else he would have done it.
EXACTLY. FW turning a prince into a court fool for marrying a Catholic archduchess? FW torturing his son to death? A Russian FW would have!
On a less humorous note, the thought of FW with the even greater power of a Czar is... something.
ZOMG, yes. Also, let's not forget Peter the Great made it so you got to name your successor. AW would have been tsar in a heartbeat. No need to get Fritz's agreement or ask MT's dad and the diet!
Does Russian Fritz stage a coup in this scenario? Assuming he survives, I think Russian Fritz does. The only question is whether he waits for AW (where he has the advantage of being the firstborn son, by a whole 10 years) or goes straight for FW.
G2 and FW at Phillipsburg, OMG, that's hilarious, of course they did! No wonder they hated each other.
These two really were birds of a feather, and Fritz would have had such a weird sense of deja vu if he'd ever made it to England.
Does Russian Fritz stage a coup in this scenario? Assuming he survives, I think Russian Fritz does. The only question is whether he waits for AW (where he has the advantage of being the firstborn son, by a whole 10 years) or goes straight for FW.
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Re: The Life and Times of Samuel Jakob Morgenstern
Date: 2021-03-14 04:42 pm (UTC)Yeah, so my source is Wikipedia, not any kind of original document, so between a Wikipedia article and a 19th century painting of an early 18th century event, either could be correct. ;)
They do look cold, regardless!
Or else he would have done it.
EXACTLY. FW turning a prince into a court fool for marrying a Catholic
archduchess? FW torturing his son to death? A Russian FW would have!On a less humorous note, the thought of FW with the even greater power of a Czar is... something.
ZOMG, yes. Also, let's not forget Peter the Great made it so you got to name your successor. AW would have been tsar in a heartbeat. No need to get Fritz's agreement or ask MT's dad and the diet!
Does Russian Fritz stage a coup in this scenario? Assuming he survives, I think Russian Fritz does. The only question is whether he waits for AW (where he has the advantage of being the firstborn son, by a whole 10 years) or goes straight for FW.
G2 and FW at Phillipsburg, OMG, that's hilarious, of course they did! No wonder they hated each other.
These two really were birds of a feather, and Fritz would have had such a weird sense of deja vu if he'd ever made it to England.
They even like Handel!
Russian Fritz
Date: 2021-03-20 04:50 am (UTC)Okay, I want this AU too! :P