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 - Translation

[cahn]

Ha, the good thing about waiting a bit to reply is that now I also get all the emendations and commentary to this letter at the same time :D

But, regardless of whether she made the story up or not, awww Peter's mom <3

The King ordered a reply to her: that there was no truth to this rumor.

...that sounds pretty cold, as you say above, even knowing that a post with EC isn't all that :(