18th-Century Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 36

[cahn]

Starting a couple of comments earlier than usual to mention there are a couple of new salon fics! These probably both need canon knowledge.

felis ficlets on siblings!

Siblings (541 words) by felisnocturna
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great, Michael Gabriel Fredersdorf, August Wilhelm von Preußen | Augustus William of Prussia (1722-1758), Wilhelmine von Preußen | Wilhelmine of Prussia (1709-1758)
Summary:

Three Fills for the 2022 Three Sentence Ficathon.

Chapter One: Protective Action / Babysitting at Rheinsberg (Frederick/Fredersdorf, William+Henry+Ferdinand)
Chapter Two: Here Be Lions (Wilhelmine)

Unsent Letters fic by me:

Letters for a Dead King (1981 words) by raspberryhunter
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: 18th Century CE RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Friedrich II von Preußen | Frederick the Great & Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen (1726-1802)
Characters: Friedrich Heinrich Ludwig von Preußen | Henry of Prussia (1726-1802)
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Love/Hate, Talking To Dead People, Canonical Character Death, Dysfunctional Family
Summary:

Just because one's king and brother is dead doesn't mean one has to stop writing to him.

Comments

Re: Runaway prince

[selenak]

Indeed it is! Good find. And wiki says he didn't even have to marry.

Heinrich: *sighs*

cahn, Joao and Manuel were the nephews of Catherine of Braganza, Charles II.'s Queen. After Charles had died - and after James II. had executed Jemmy despite her pleading for him - she returned from England to Portugal, and wiki says she became a mother figure to Joao and his female role model till her death in 1705. Maybe that's why he was nicer to his wayward younger brother than most of his fellow monarchs?

Re: Runaway prince

[mildred_of_midgard]

And wiki says he didn't even have to marry.

Aahh, thank you for bringing this up! I meant to but forgot. Yes, he had all the luck. English ships are where it's at when you want to escape, apparently.

Family relations: João will also end up being the father-in-law of adorable moppet, aka Mariana Victoria. For those who need a reminder, "adorable moppet" is the daughter of Philip "the Frog" V and Isabella Farnese who got sent as a toddler to Versailles to marry young Louis XV, only then the political winds changed after a few years and she got sent back to Spain, much to the outrage of Philip and Isabella. She later ended up queen of Portugal.

Re: Runaway prince

[cahn]

Heh, wow, he really did have all the luck!

Ohh, okay! That's very cool! I really liked Catherine of Braganza in The King's Touch. And I like your idea that she was able to enforce "yeah, be nicer to your younger family members!" in Portugal!