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: Austrian Succession tidbits

[mildred_of_midgard]

That reminds me, I ran into this Fritz quote in Anderson:

'So long as I breathe', he told Belleisle on 8 January, 'I will never allow a métairie [that is, a small farm] of Bohemia to be detached in favour of the King of Saxony [sic; the Elector Augustus was also king of Poland].'

I don't have a citation for it, it might be in the political correspondence, but apparently "King/Queen of Saxony" was a thing! This doesn't surprise me, as "King in Prussia" and "King of Prussia" were used interchangeably by contemporaries even in FW's time.

I was actually really pleased to see Fritz saying "King of Saxony" in Anderson, since that's the most natural phrasing for me too, and I had used it in fiction, and then realized it was technically incorrect, but since it was the most informative phrasing and anything else would require more explanation than the subject warranted for this fic...so yay for getting to just use it and be historically accurate at the same time. :D

ETA: Also, I do believe the official title for the elector's consort is "Electress"/"Électrice"/"Kurfürstin". It's what I see in my reading, what Wikipedia says, and what's in Trier.