so the "brother" referred to must be him, not Heinrich
Well, yes, what I meant by "Sorry, Heinrich" was a reference to you saying "it's a difference for Heinrich whether he's Regent for absent-but-could-come-back Fritz or Regent for future FW2!" Sorry, fictional Heinrich, you're regent for absent-but-could-come-back Fritz. Obviously the 1741 and 1757 heir is AW. By "not different in detail" I meant that if he wasn't abdicating in favor of adult brother in 1741-1757, I doubt he's abdicating in favor of minor nephew in ~1760.
there's just no way he'd have done it.
This is why I wrote his other self in "Grind" talking about stepping down after the war and not being able to do it. Fritz managed to give up command to Finck + Heinrich + FW2 after Kunersdorf for 3 days max, handing over command on the 13th of August at the earliest and taking it back on the 16th at the latest. (The battle was on the 12th.).
And incidentally, the exact words are:
Weilen mir eine schwere Krankheit zugestossen, so übergebe das Commando meiner Armee währender Krankheit bis an meine Besserung an den General Finck
and
Er muss meinem Bruder, den ich Generalissimus bei der Armee declariret, von allem berichten. Dieses Unglück ganz wieder herzustellen gehet nicht an; indessen was mein Bruder befehlen wird, das muss geschehen. An meinen Neveu muss die Armee schwören.
Dieses ist der einzige Rath, den ich bei denen unglücklichen Umständen im Stande zu geben bin; hätte ich noch Ressourcen, so wäre ich darbei geblieben.
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Re: Instructions in the event of Fritz's capture
Date: 2021-06-01 01:41 pm (UTC)Well, yes, what I meant by "Sorry, Heinrich" was a reference to you saying "it's a difference for Heinrich whether he's Regent for absent-but-could-come-back Fritz or Regent for future FW2!" Sorry, fictional Heinrich, you're regent for absent-but-could-come-back Fritz. Obviously the 1741 and 1757 heir is AW. By "not different in detail" I meant that if he wasn't abdicating in favor of adult brother in 1741-1757, I doubt he's abdicating in favor of minor nephew in ~1760.
there's just no way he'd have done it.
This is why I wrote his other self in "Grind" talking about stepping down after the war and not being able to do it. Fritz managed to give up command to Finck + Heinrich + FW2 after Kunersdorf for 3 days max, handing over command on the 13th of August at the earliest and taking it back on the 16th at the latest. (The battle was on the 12th.).
And incidentally, the exact words are:
Weilen mir eine schwere Krankheit zugestossen, so übergebe das Commando meiner Armee währender Krankheit bis an meine Besserung an den General Finck
and
Er muss meinem Bruder, den ich Generalissimus bei der Armee declariret, von allem berichten. Dieses Unglück ganz wieder herzustellen gehet nicht an; indessen was mein Bruder befehlen wird, das muss geschehen. An meinen Neveu muss die Armee schwören.
Dieses ist der einzige Rath, den ich bei denen unglücklichen Umständen im Stande zu geben bin; hätte ich noch Ressourcen, so wäre ich darbei geblieben.