That's exactly what I thought! Yes, it makes sense that you might not bother a busy royal every time you have the prospect of a kid that might be miscarried/stillborn/die within 24 hours, and also that you would baptize your kid as quickly as possible*, but I was very surprised to see that you would put down a royal right away and ask permission later! What if they said no? Did you go back and update the church register?
* Except not in France, at least according to Horowski! Where they would sometimes wait years, and this one noble didn't even get a first name until he was 20-something and finally needed an official name to put down in the register so he could hold some office. How the French squared that with infant mortality and Catholicism, idk. Maybe all their babies just went to limbo!
Ferdinand after *mind blanks*
Ooh, good question. Who were the royal Ferdinands of 1730? There was future Ferdinand VI of Spain (mentally ill guy who almost got married to poor niece Isabella of Parma), who I think would have been Prince of Asturias (Spanish equivalent of crown prince) at the time? He's the only one coming to mind, though there are enough minor German princes running around that there's probably one there I'm forgetting.
ETA: Oh, duh, there's a Ferdinand of Brunswick, much closer to home!
I'm glad Peter has such legible handwriting!
My decision to choose Peter as my research subject is vindicated! <3
And I have another, not that important queston. I'm just curious as to whether he ever found out he was suggested as a candidate for Prussian envoy in London and that Fritz rejected this idea?
Ooh, yes, I have many questions that are not that important for my essay-in-progress but are actually of more personal interest to me than the death of his younger son. I just feel like I need that one to check all the boxes and feel like the essay is complete.
If I ever find out the answer to the envoy question, you'll be the first to know!
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Re: Peter Keith in the archives!
Date: 2023-01-04 04:27 pm (UTC)* Except not in France, at least according to Horowski! Where they would sometimes wait years, and this one noble didn't even get a first name until he was 20-something and finally needed an official name to put down in the register so he could hold some office. How the French squared that with infant mortality and Catholicism, idk. Maybe all their babies just went to limbo!
Ferdinand after *mind blanks*
Ooh, good question. Who were the royal Ferdinands of 1730? There was future Ferdinand VI of Spain (mentally ill guy who almost got married to poor niece Isabella of Parma), who I think would have been Prince of Asturias (Spanish equivalent of crown prince) at the time? He's the only one coming to mind, though there are enough minor German princes running around that there's probably one there I'm forgetting.
ETA: Oh, duh, there's a Ferdinand of Brunswick, much closer to home!
I'm glad Peter has such legible handwriting!
My decision to choose Peter as my research subject is vindicated! <3
And I have another, not that important queston. I'm just curious as to whether he ever found out he was suggested as a candidate for Prussian envoy in London and that Fritz rejected this idea?
Ooh, yes, I have many questions that are not that important for my essay-in-progress but are actually of more personal interest to me than the death of his younger son. I just feel like I need that one to check all the boxes and feel like the essay is complete.
If I ever find out the answer to the envoy question, you'll be the first to know!