Re: Umbilical Hernia operation -as I recall Caroline (Frederik's mother-in-law, Queen of England, former FW crush and most importantly mother of Louise, who as this happened in the later 1730s presumably would have been a witness) died of an umbilical hernia which got untreated for years and then got operated on too late. To quote wiki's summary: (M)ore seriously she had suffered an umbilical hernia at the birth of her final child in 1724. On 9 November 1737, she felt an intense pain and, after struggling through a formal reception, took to her bed. Part of her small intestine had poked through the hernia opening. Over the next few days she was bled, purged, and operated on, without anaesthetic, but there was no improvement in her condition.
=> Louise's last days must have been an absolute nightmare, knowing and remembering how things went with her mother, and I just bet Moltke is prettifying everything with her immediate consent at the King's wish and what not.
Moltke gives a bit more detail on the marriage negotiations and says they wanted the English princess Augusta, but she was only 14 and not in great health
So marrying the unbalanced alcoholic to a 14 years old girl is okay if it's not his own daughter: noted. I mean, yes, realpolitik in the era, but Augusta clearly had a lucky escape.
Did we ever determine whether Fredersdorf owned a slave plantation overseas? I know we discussed it, and we found evidence of overseas possessions, but I think we couldn't find the evidence for the specific claims that would imply slavery?
I don't recall exactly, either, the way I remember it is him having shares in a trading company. Now presumably there were overseas trading companies in the era which absolutely did not do any slavery (in addition to all the other stuff they primarily did), but the odds aren't really good in the 18th century.
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Re: Danish kings and their favorites: Moltke's memoirs
Date: 2023-02-20 07:18 am (UTC)=> Louise's last days must have been an absolute nightmare, knowing and remembering how things went with her mother, and I just bet Moltke is prettifying everything with her immediate consent at the King's wish and what not.
Moltke gives a bit more detail on the marriage negotiations and says they wanted the English princess Augusta, but she was only 14 and not in great health
So marrying the unbalanced alcoholic to a 14 years old girl is okay if it's not his own daughter: noted. I mean, yes, realpolitik in the era, but Augusta clearly had a lucky escape.
Did we ever determine whether Fredersdorf owned a slave plantation overseas? I know we discussed it, and we found evidence of overseas possessions, but I think we couldn't find the evidence for the specific claims that would imply slavery?
I don't recall exactly, either, the way I remember it is him having shares in a trading company. Now presumably there were overseas trading companies in the era which absolutely did not do any slavery (in addition to all the other stuff they primarily did), but the odds aren't really good in the 18th century.