Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 39

[cahn]

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: <i>The '15: The Great Jacobite Rebellion</i> by Daniel Szechi (2006)

[mildred_of_midgard]

G1's lack of English as a sign of bad education

Was it bad education per se, or bad preparation for ruling a monolingual English-speaking kingdom?

I imagine Philippe V. as a Bourbon just adapted Grandpa's attitude in this regard, and Protestant officers wouldn't get far in the French army, either.

Yeah, Philip V was deeeeply devout, far more so than Grandpa (this is the guy who practiced self-flagellation, after all), so I wouldn't expect Protestants to get far there.

Likewise in Portugal: Peter Keith had to have the Queen of England, Caroline of Ansbach, intercede to get him permission to join the Portuguese army without converting, and he was just a Lt. Col.!