Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 39

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Last post, along with the usual 18th-century suspects, included the Ottonians; changing ideas of conception and women's sexual pleasure; Isabella of Parma (the one who fell in love, and vice versa, with her husband's sister); Henry IV and Bertha (and Henry's second wife divorcing him for "unspeakable sexual acts"). (Okay, Isabella of Parma was 18th century.)

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Re: Mitchell backstory

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In case you're wondering why Barbara's mother went along with this, Mitchell Senior married her first. He really wanted all that money, I guess. :(

:( I don't remember this from before and it is just the cherry on top of awful :(

him leaving as soon as he could, and not only never marrying again but not having a mistress (of any age) that we know of (and I think Lehndorff, who knew him pretty well, liked him, and does note down mistresses, would have mentioned one)

This I do remember from the earlier discussion, and it is why I just really felt for him in this whole horrible story <3

I had forgotten about Heinrich, but that is quite cool, both on Mitchell's side and on Heinrich's :D