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

[selenak]

Okay, now that I'm browsing through volume 2 as well, let me point out the start of the October 1752 entry which says:

"During the entire month, speculation abouts regarding the whereabouts of Herr v. Marschall, who last year married the young Countess Podewils. He asks for permission to move to Heidelberg where he's a Dean, and from there he leaves to nobody knows where. People assume he's gone to France. He was a big cad. His wife comforts herself easily, since she didn't love him at all. Gossip hounds name Prince Ludwig as her adorer - very much wrongly so. Her hsuband leaves 30 000 Taler debts, in addition to the 15 000 which his mother gave him on the occasion of his marriage."

That's clearly Marschall the son of Samuel Marschall and NOT the same Marschall who is "my cousin" etc., not to mention that the entry where Lehndorff talks about his lost hope for the inheritance is January 26th 1753, i.e. months after Marschall the runner has already left the country!

Re: Lehndorff

[mildred_of_midgard]

Excellent detective work!