Also, Schmidt-L. Files this under Denmark, King Christian of, which is why I couldn‘t find it under C for Christian.
Aha! I looked hard under C, couldn't find it, and would have checked "Denmark" next, only after an hour or more of cleaning up the OCR text, I needed a break and figured if I posted, you would take it from there. We make a good team. :D
Lehndorff finds him very handsome and amiable and relaxed in his encounters, was invited to a special trip to Leyden at the King‘s side and swears he had an invite to travel on with the young King for the rest of Christian‘s journey but no, duty calls.
I have a feeling that much like rereading Wilhelmine's memoirs after a couple years of salon paid off, rereading Lehndorff would pay off.
Now, BEFORE he meets him, after the news of Frederik V‘s death arrives in Berlin, Lehndorff actually notes that the young king is supposed to be very childish for his age and without self restraint, so there were rumors already.
Yeah, I think there were rumors already even when he married CM, but the people trying to marry her off to him were like, "No, everything's fine, just a normal eccentric monarch!"
Hmm, does this sound familiar? Danish Wikipedia:
On 14 January 1766, King Frederik V died, and Christian took over the throne as Christian VII. He was then 17 years old, and even for kings in the 18th century it was not common to marry so early. However, it was the top leadership in the state apparatus, with JHE Bernstorff as the leader, who pushed for the marriage to be speeded up. The reason was that Christian had what those around him regarded as an uncontrollable sexuality, and it was believed that it could be dampened by allowing it to have an outlet in a more appropriate direction.
Because it worked so well the TWO times a minister tried that with his father? Did these guys just really not have any other idea for how to manage an unmanageable monarch? Or maybe they'd heard about Philip V "the Frog" of Spain? (His wives didn't fix his mental illness, but he and the rest of the country were sure as hell better off for the emotional labor his wives were doing.)
Was Lehndorff dazzled by a crown? Was Christian in a better mental condition away from Denmark?
Maybe, but he was extremely erratic in general, and if I'm remembering correctly, he did often make a good first impression (not always), but it didn't last. Good thing duty called, Lehndorff!
Re: Fritz is not your dream boss: The Bad Pyrmont edition
Aha! I looked hard under C, couldn't find it, and would have checked "Denmark" next, only after an hour or more of cleaning up the OCR text, I needed a break and figured if I posted, you would take it from there. We make a good team. :D
Lehndorff finds him very handsome and amiable and relaxed in his encounters, was invited to a special trip to Leyden at the King‘s side and swears he had an invite to travel on with the young King for the rest of Christian‘s journey but no, duty calls.
I have a feeling that much like rereading Wilhelmine's memoirs after a couple years of salon paid off, rereading Lehndorff would pay off.
Now, BEFORE he meets him, after the news of Frederik V‘s death arrives in Berlin, Lehndorff actually notes that the young king is supposed to be very childish for his age and without self restraint, so there were rumors already.
Yeah, I think there were rumors already even when he married CM, but the people trying to marry her off to him were like, "No, everything's fine, just a normal eccentric monarch!"
Hmm, does this sound familiar? Danish Wikipedia:
On 14 January 1766, King Frederik V died, and Christian took over the throne as Christian VII. He was then 17 years old, and even for kings in the 18th century it was not common to marry so early. However, it was the top leadership in the state apparatus, with JHE Bernstorff as the leader, who pushed for the marriage to be speeded up. The reason was that Christian had what those around him regarded as an uncontrollable sexuality, and it was believed that it could be dampened by allowing it to have an outlet in a more appropriate direction.
Because it worked so well the TWO times a minister tried that with his father? Did these guys just really not have any other idea for how to manage an unmanageable monarch? Or maybe they'd heard about Philip V "the Frog" of Spain? (His wives didn't fix his mental illness, but he and the rest of the country were sure as hell better off for the emotional labor his wives were doing.)
Was Lehndorff dazzled by a crown? Was Christian in a better mental condition away from Denmark?
Maybe, but he was extremely erratic in general, and if I'm remembering correctly, he did often make a good first impression (not always), but it didn't last. Good thing duty called, Lehndorff!