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: Lehndorff Diaries: 1787 - No Job, No Money: Grrrr, Argh!

[selenak]

Weren't things awkward enough that it would be embarrassing regardless?

Maaaaaayyyybe, but as you say, the later passage also reads like Lehndorff believes Kalckreuth/Mina happened. BTW, is Mrs. Kalkreuth Mina's ex lady-in-waiting (who provided the excuse for why Kalckreuth was on his knees in front of Mina), or did she die already and this is his second wife?

More seriously, that passage is painful. I'm glad Karl recovered (especially since I wrote fic about him recovering at a younger age!)

Karl really had several near death experiences, it seems. Do we know what became of him in the long term?

Wow, Amalie. I didn't realize she had an eye removed!

I think a distorted version of this shows up in Thiébault; didn't he claim she plucked her eyes out for love of Trenck? Or was that one of the later writers?

Anyway, I'm glad her death was relatively quick and painless, and her funeral arrangements are definitely Fritzian. Without the dog factor.

Re: Lehndorff Diaries: 1787 - No Job, No Money: Grrrr, Argh!

[mildred_of_midgard]

Another quick genealogical note before bed: second wife. The poor ex-lady-in-waiting died in 1768; Kalckreuth married again in 1781.

Karl: lived to be 83, had several long-lived children, and had a successful military career, making it all the way to Lt. General. But also wounded in the head in a battle in 1807 and made a POW.