Wow, this was super interesting! /is totally here for the dysfunctional family relationships
though we don't know that as definite because a lot of Wilhelmine's not-addressed-to-Fritz letters are still unpublished
hmph. whyyyyyy
But also because: doesn't Fritz entrust Charlotte with Duhan (and his correspondence with Duhan) none too much later? The most false creature of the world, who will only rat you out to FW and SD?
Oh wow. See, this is the kind of thing that makes me glad that you (and felis below!) are telling me about this stuff, because you make all these connections I just can't. But anyway: wow.
But FW capable of showing affection, praise and tenderness without (much) of the temper tantrums and (as far as we know) the verbal abuse to the favourites like AW, Ulrike or Charlotte demonstrated he was capable of a different type of parenting
:( That family :( In particular: FW!
So a factor in the letter could also be that Fritz knows he'll find open ears with not just the complaints about Mom and Dad but the complaints about Charlotte, not least because they'll reassure Wilhelmine he still loves her best.
That... rings very true. Wow. (I know I'm saying that a lot. There's a lot here, okay :) )
It would have been nice if she'd dealt as kindly with our marriages; it would have spared us much grief.
:(
Oh, and I do suspect that Wilhelmine's positivity about EC in these letters is also the result of Fritz having emphasized in every letter from 1732 and 1733 he mentions her how much he does not love her
Heh, I was wondering about that! given that mildred had told me about her jealousy of EC when I was beta-reading the Wilhelmine parts of her Christmas fic. So thank you for answering :)
Given the sheer level of dysfunction, it's remarkable at all that Fritz and Wilhelmine ended up as allies instead of rivals. For comparison, Lord Hervey's memoirs - which are of course biased, but still, he's an eye witness - make it sound as if there were no sibling alliances among the Hannover cousins, it was all mutual scheming against (and everyone ganging up against FoW, but that didn't mean supporting each other)
Yeah, like mildred says, it could go either way...
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Re: More on Hohenzollern family life
Date: 2021-03-26 05:18 am (UTC)though we don't know that as definite because a lot of Wilhelmine's not-addressed-to-Fritz letters are still unpublished
hmph. whyyyyyy
But also because: doesn't Fritz entrust Charlotte with Duhan (and his correspondence with Duhan) none too much later? The most false creature of the world, who will only rat you out to FW and SD?
Oh wow. See, this is the kind of thing that makes me glad that you (and
But FW capable of showing affection, praise and tenderness without (much) of the temper tantrums and (as far as we know) the verbal abuse to the favourites like AW, Ulrike or Charlotte demonstrated he was capable of a different type of parenting
:( That family :( In particular: FW!
So a factor in the letter could also be that Fritz knows he'll find open ears with not just the complaints about Mom and Dad but the complaints about Charlotte, not least because they'll reassure Wilhelmine he still loves her best.
That... rings very true. Wow. (I know I'm saying that a lot. There's a lot here, okay :) )
It would have been nice if she'd dealt as kindly with our marriages; it would have spared us much grief.
:(
Oh, and I do suspect that Wilhelmine's positivity about EC in these letters is also the result of Fritz having emphasized in every letter from 1732 and 1733 he mentions her how much he does not love her
Heh, I was wondering about that! given that mildred had told me about her jealousy of EC when I was beta-reading the Wilhelmine parts of her Christmas fic. So thank you for answering :)
Given the sheer level of dysfunction, it's remarkable at all that Fritz and Wilhelmine ended up as allies instead of rivals. For comparison, Lord Hervey's memoirs - which are of course biased, but still, he's an eye witness - make it sound as if there were no sibling alliances among the Hannover cousins, it was all mutual scheming against (and everyone ganging up against FoW, but that didn't mean supporting each other)
Yeah, like mildred says, it could go either way...