Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 44

[cahn]

Not only are these posts still going, there is now (more) original research going on in them deciphering and translating letters in archives that apparently no one has bothered to look at before?? (Which has now conclusively exonerated Fritz's valet/chamberlain Fredersdorf from the charge that he was dismissed because of financial irregularities and died shortly thereafter "ashamed of his lost honor," as Wikipedia would have it. I'M JUST SAYING.)

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Re: Peter's mother to Fritz

[mildred_of_midgard]

I have limited time and can't research in earnest.

Understood, that's why I said "off the top of your head." I'll keep an eye out for it, then.

I wouldn't be surprised if what he recalls is the Peter of 1729 saying he hates the army and agrees with Fritz that uniform is a Leichenkittel, so in his mind, he's doing him a favour.

Could be. That's definitely very similar to my original theory, but it's still slightly surprising to me. We'll see if the memoirs have any more bearing on this once I decipher them fully (slowly chipping away while getting constantly side-tracked with other things).