Wonderful, thank you! It is really good to have primary sources on both the envoy report and on the Wikipedia claim that Lovenorn knew about the plans and didn't tell FW.
"I had believed him (Lovenorn) to be my good friend, but not anymore
Yeah, I got to the part in Kloosterhuis where FW likes Katte, too. FW, maybe people would be your friends more if you would stop being horrible to your son!
Crown Prince Friedrich had indeed confided his escape plans to the Danish envoy Lovenorn, but hadn't found agreement from the later. Lovenorn had done everything to dissuade the Prince from his intent hand had tried to influence Katte to the same purpose.
I don't blame these people, for obvious reasons, but the longer the list of people who tried to talk Fritz into staying gets, the more I feel sorry for him. And I understand why the plan was so hard to keep secret; he had a hell of a time finding anyone who would support him in it.
Footnote to this: "Rekreviditiv" - I have no idea how to translate this
Looks like that's a typo for "Rekreditiv", which Duden tells me is "written confirmation of receipt of a diplomatic letter of recall by the head of state," which makes perfect sense in context.
I'm still confused about the chronology of the recall: October 12: Frederik IV dies. ?: Lovenorn is recalled. Nov 5, 1730: Lovenorn is writing envoy reports on Katte's execution. Nov 6, 1730: Lovenorn is appointed Danish chief war secretary as his post-ambassador career. December 26: Written confirmation of receipt of a diplomatic letter of recall by the head of state.
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While Lovenorn could successfully convince the King of his innocence in later conversations, but due to the unpleasant situation at the Prussian court he was glad, when an order from Christian VI., who had ascended to the Danish throne in October 1730, commanded him back to Copenhagen.
Source Footnote: Letter dated September 10th, 1730.)
I'm also confused about this chronology: which part of that is September 10? Just the part where he convinced FW of his innocence in later conversations? Not the part where he was glad to get recalled in later months, surely!
Fritz, c'est le Prince,
Wait, I just processed this, because I'm so used to us calling him Fritz. But of course, the person who called him Fritz the most was FW. FW said Fritz, and Borck added "c'est le Prince"? Wow.
Anyway, this is awesome, and I'm delighted that you acquired the book and have reported back.
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Re: What the Danish Envoy said
Date: 2021-11-26 04:12 pm (UTC)"I had believed him (Lovenorn) to be my good friend, but not anymore
Yeah, I got to the part in Kloosterhuis where FW likes Katte, too. FW, maybe people would be your friends more if you would stop being horrible to your son!
Crown Prince Friedrich had indeed confided his escape plans to the Danish envoy Lovenorn, but hadn't found agreement from the later. Lovenorn had done everything to dissuade the Prince from his intent hand had tried to influence Katte to the same purpose.
I don't blame these people, for obvious reasons, but the longer the list of people who tried to talk Fritz into staying gets, the more I feel sorry for him. And I understand why the plan was so hard to keep secret; he had a hell of a time finding anyone who would support him in it.
Footnote to this: "Rekreviditiv" - I have no idea how to translate this
Looks like that's a typo for "Rekreditiv", which Duden tells me is "written confirmation of receipt of a diplomatic letter of recall by the head of state," which makes perfect sense in context.
I'm still confused about the chronology of the recall:
October 12: Frederik IV dies.
?: Lovenorn is recalled.
Nov 5, 1730: Lovenorn is writing envoy reports on Katte's execution.
Nov 6, 1730: Lovenorn is appointed Danish chief war secretary as his post-ambassador career.
December 26: Written confirmation of receipt of a diplomatic letter of recall by the head of state.
??
While Lovenorn could successfully convince the King of his innocence in later conversations, but due to the unpleasant situation at the Prussian court he was glad, when an order from Christian VI., who had ascended to the Danish throne in October 1730, commanded him back to Copenhagen.
Source Footnote: Letter dated September 10th, 1730.)
I'm also confused about this chronology: which part of that is September 10? Just the part where he convinced FW of his innocence in later conversations? Not the part where he was glad to get recalled in later months, surely!
Fritz, c'est le Prince,
Wait, I just processed this, because I'm so used to us calling him Fritz. But of course, the person who called him Fritz the most was FW. FW said Fritz, and Borck added "c'est le Prince"? Wow.
Anyway, this is awesome, and I'm delighted that you acquired the book and have reported back.