Widow v. Keith, born Baroness v. Kniphausen, great governess of the Queen [still EC], lives at the Palace
It occurred to me that I'm an idiot and Ariane was great governess at Luise's court of course. Just because EC is still alive, doesn't mean she's still the Queen after Fritz' death. *headdesk* Kind of makes me wonder how she got the job.
Just because EC is still alive, doesn't mean she's still the Queen after Fritz' death.
Yes and no. One generation earlier: far as I recall, Lehndorff refers to SD as Queen more often than "Queen Mother" during her son's reign, and when he wants to set SD and EC apart, he calls EC "The reigning Queen" or "The young Queen", and SD "The old Queen". So it might have been handled similarly in FW2's era, with Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt being "the reigning Queen" and EC "the old Queen" (as she couldn't be "the Queen Mother" anyway).
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Re: Jägerhof
Date: 2021-04-01 05:24 pm (UTC)It occurred to me that I'm an idiot and Ariane was great governess at Luise's court of course. Just because EC is still alive, doesn't mean she's still the Queen after Fritz' death. *headdesk* Kind of makes me wonder how she got the job.
Re: Jägerhof
Date: 2021-04-02 10:21 am (UTC)Yes and no. One generation earlier: far as I recall, Lehndorff refers to SD as Queen more often than "Queen Mother" during her son's reign, and when he wants to set SD and EC apart, he calls EC "The reigning Queen" or "The young Queen", and SD "The old Queen". So it might have been handled similarly in FW2's era, with Luise von Hessen-Darmstadt being "the reigning Queen" and EC "the old Queen" (as she couldn't be "the Queen Mother" anyway).
Re: Jägerhof
Date: 2021-04-02 10:22 am (UTC)