As the description of Fredersdorf the footnote quotes from it is even more glowing than the one Achim renembers her giving, this almost makes me cry that felis doesn't live in Potsdam anymore. Anyway, something to look up in the future.
Don't cry, it was the first hit on Google! It took me 30 seconds to find. The whole life is only 4 pages long. It's in the library now, starting on page 63.
I can see where the 24 hour story arose, even though that's not what she says! The way I read it: they got engaged October 29, 1752. (I don't think we had that date!) Shortly thereafter, Fredersdorf fell sick. Because he was a great favorite of Fritz, Fritz didn't want him to get married until he was recovered, because Fritz was worried that married life would be detrimental to Fredersdorf's health. [I suspect the sex part?] But the doctors gave Fredersdorf no chance of recovery [this is the part I'm a little unsure I'm reading right], so Fritz gave his royal permission, and Caroline and Fredersdorf were married December 20, 1753, with Fredersdorf on his sickbed.
Tell me if I got that right:
Im Jahre 1752, den 29. Oktober ward ich zum ersten Male verlobt mit dem damaligen königlichen geheimen Kämmerer Michael Gabriel Fredersdorff, welcher kurz nach der Verlobung in kränkliche Umstände verfiel, sodaß der König, da er sein grosser Favorit war, die Vollziehung der Heirat aus grosser Besorgung für sein Leben, nicht vor seiner völligen Genesung zulassen wollte, da die Krankheit aber anhaltend blieb, ward ich mit allerhöchstem Konsens diesem Fredersdorf auf sein innigstes Verlangen 1753, den 20. Dezember auf dem Krankenbette, da die Medici ihm das Leben völlig absprachen, angetraut.
And then she remained a virgin, which...I'm now imagining Fritz and Fredersdorf having the conversation of, "Well, I'm not going to sleep with her as long as I'm this sick, so don't worry about it, just let me get married!" :P
Also! We now know that he died about 10 in the morning on January 12. We knew the date but not the time.
da er zu meinem allergrössten Schmerz den 12. Januar des morgens um 10 Uhr im 48. Jahre seines Alters zu Potsdam in der Gnade seines grossen Königs dies zeitliche segnete.
Also, help me out with that sentence: I can't tell if she's saying Fredersdorf was in Fritz's favor when he died??? or if "in der Gnade seines grossen Königs" has to do with God. (God or Fritz, easy to confuse. :P)
AAHHH, I will try to say more later, but I'm having *so much* trouble finding time for salon :((( (upcoming post on why--I might be moving), but even before I turned up Caroline's life, I was DELIGHTED by your write-up, and my reaction was, "I KNEW we wanted this volume!" :DDDD
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Date: 2021-07-24 06:28 pm (UTC)Don't cry, it was the first hit on Google! It took me 30 seconds to find. The whole life is only 4 pages long. It's in the library now, starting on page 63.
I can see where the 24 hour story arose, even though that's not what she says! The way I read it: they got engaged October 29, 1752. (I don't think we had that date!) Shortly thereafter, Fredersdorf fell sick. Because he was a great favorite of Fritz, Fritz didn't want him to get married until he was recovered, because Fritz was worried that married life would be detrimental to Fredersdorf's health. [I suspect the sex part?] But the doctors gave Fredersdorf no chance of recovery [this is the part I'm a little unsure I'm reading right], so Fritz gave his royal permission, and Caroline and Fredersdorf were married December 20, 1753, with Fredersdorf on his sickbed.
Tell me if I got that right:
Im Jahre 1752, den 29. Oktober ward ich zum ersten Male verlobt mit dem damaligen königlichen geheimen Kämmerer Michael Gabriel Fredersdorff, welcher kurz nach der Verlobung in kränkliche Umstände verfiel, sodaß der König, da er sein grosser Favorit war, die Vollziehung der Heirat aus grosser Besorgung für sein Leben, nicht vor seiner völligen Genesung zulassen wollte, da die Krankheit aber anhaltend blieb, ward ich mit allerhöchstem Konsens diesem Fredersdorf auf sein innigstes Verlangen 1753, den 20. Dezember auf dem Krankenbette, da die Medici ihm das Leben völlig absprachen, angetraut.
And then she remained a virgin, which...I'm now imagining Fritz and Fredersdorf having the conversation of, "Well, I'm not going to sleep with her as long as I'm this sick, so don't worry about it, just let me get married!" :P
Also! We now know that he died about 10 in the morning on January 12. We knew the date but not the time.
da er zu meinem allergrössten Schmerz den 12. Januar des morgens um 10 Uhr im 48. Jahre seines Alters zu Potsdam in der Gnade seines grossen Königs dies zeitliche segnete.
Also, help me out with that sentence: I can't tell if she's saying Fredersdorf was in Fritz's favor when he died??? or if "in der Gnade seines grossen Königs" has to do with God. (God or Fritz, easy to confuse. :P)
AAHHH, I will try to say more later, but I'm having *so much* trouble finding time for salon :((( (upcoming post on why--I might be moving), but even before I turned up Caroline's life, I was DELIGHTED by your write-up, and my reaction was, "I KNEW we wanted this volume!" :DDDD