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

[cahn]

invading Silesia was a lot more dangerous between October 20 (Charles VI's death) and October 28 (Anna's) than it was after.

Oh, that's very interesting! (Though I also appreciate knowing that Fritz shouldn't be trusted as to his reasoning.)

Maria Theresa, who was in Linz when she heard of the victory, made a triumphal entry into her capital: at the Hofburg she was greeted by her son, the two-year-old Archduke Joseph, who waved a little flag from a window.

Okay, that is super cute :D

The duc de Richelieu, who was to command it, was equipped with 3,000 copies of a manifesto drawn up by Voltaire himself, to be distributed when the invasion force got ashore.

:D That guy got around!

So far, Fritz has turned down opportunities for Heinrich to become:
- Stadtholder of the Netherlands
- King of Poland
- satrap of Catherine the Great

And Heinrich turned down an opportunity to become King of America.

My response to this: Heinrich is CLEARLY the MOST AWESOME and everyone knew it! :D :D

Re: Austrian Succession tidbits

[selenak]

Obviously.:) Though to be fair, in the 1740s he was still unproven (other than by having a good start of a military career in Silesia 2), and I suspect the only reason he was considered was because the Dutch might have thought a brother would on the one hand secure them a friendly Prussia but otoh would prevent a total takeover as it would be in his own interests not to have Big Bro run the show.


:D That guy got around!

Richelieu or Voltaire?

Re: Austrian Succession tidbits

[cahn]

but otoh would prevent a total takeover as it would be in his own interests not to have Big Bro run the show.

lolololol! okay now I want someone to write the diplomatic maneuverings of Fritz and Stadtholder Heinrich :D

Richelieu or Voltaire?

Hee, I was thinking Voltaire! (And meaning "got around" in the literary/figurative sense.) But I guess it could also apply to Richelieu!

Re: Austrian Succession tidbits

[mildred_of_midgard]

okay now I want someone to write the diplomatic maneuverings of Fritz and Stadtholder Heinrich :D

And for dysfunctional siblings this premise is great, but I'm thinking: Heinrich and the Patriots. Heinrich and the French Revolution. Heinrich and Napoleon. That's where it gets really juicy!

But if I can make myself learn French, I can read a lot more of the Fritz political correspondence (complete with my newfound German), and then discover many interesting things to report back.

Richelieu or Voltaire?

Lol, I was wondering the same thing! Richelieu got around in many senses of the word. :P

I'm sure there's much interesting Richelieu and Voltaire material waiting for us in French too...With my German slacking lately, maybe I should switch my focus and just try to maintain German until I get inspired again. Hmmm.