Speaking as someone who has spent the last few months reading a lot about the 1848 Revolution: FW4 was a reactionary jerk of the first order who once he got the upper hand again thought nothing of literally showing the sole Jewish members of the Prussian parliament coming to him his backside and tell him to kiss his ass, you may well believe he wasn't polite to Zuckwer.
the box containing Frederick's umbilical cord and the cloth that wiped the sweat of death off his brow.
...okay, Fritz-as-Jesus is something I haven't seen even from 19th century fans. Seriously, this is straight of a medieval relics playbook, complete with the fact these are bound to be forgeries, because come on, why should anyone keep the umbilical cord when Fritz was born? (Especially since the two male kids born before him both died as babies, and there was no guarantee this would not happen again.)
Heinrich's possessions being all auctioned off to the highest bidder I knew about, because that actually turned out to be a great benefit for posterity - there was a very detailed list including each item, how it looked like and where it had been placed in Rheinsberg, so when Rheinsberg got finally restored after having served as a sanatorium in the GDR, that was a primary source for the restauration. (Which is why with the exception of two rooms - Fritz' study and the big room with the "rising of the sun/son" painting - Rheinsberg looks like it did in Heinrich's time today.)
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Re: Royal souvenirs
Date: 2023-06-28 08:22 am (UTC)the box containing Frederick's umbilical cord and the cloth that wiped the sweat of death off his brow.
...okay, Fritz-as-Jesus is something I haven't seen even from 19th century fans. Seriously, this is straight of a medieval relics playbook, complete with the fact these are bound to be forgeries, because come on, why should anyone keep the umbilical cord when Fritz was born? (Especially since the two male kids born before him both died as babies, and there was no guarantee this would not happen again.)
Heinrich's possessions being all auctioned off to the highest bidder I knew about, because that actually turned out to be a great benefit for posterity - there was a very detailed list including each item, how it looked like and where it had been placed in Rheinsberg, so when Rheinsberg got finally restored after having served as a sanatorium in the GDR, that was a primary source for the restauration. (Which is why with the exception of two rooms - Fritz' study and the big room with the "rising of the sun/son" painting - Rheinsberg looks like it did in Heinrich's time today.)