Having worked my way through the first batch of letters (in French), the second batch (in German, all formalities, nothing to report), we are back to French letters. "Fritz, c'est le Prince," is still to come, but for now, enjoy Løvenørn feeling sorry for Doris Ritter:
After my previous relation, I just learned |: something that modesty would not have allowed me to include, even if I had known it before :| that the King had the girl in question from Potsdam visited and examined by a midwife and two surgeons, all three of whom swore an oath that this poor creature had not been touched and that she was still a virgin. Despite this, she passed through the hands of the executioner, as you can see from my account. For the two officers, who only bought the garment that the Prince presented to this unfortunate girl, they are condemned to Spandu [sic] for the rest of their days.
The two officers should be Lts. Spaen and Ingersleben (he of the teacups), who were both eventually released from prison. Løvenørn is wrong about Spaen, though; he was implicated in the 1729 and 1730 escape attempts, not just in acting as a go-between for Fritz and Doris.
My main question is whether Løvenørn is an independent source for Doris being found a virgin, or if he's just getting his info directly from Guy-Dickens.
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Løvenørn letters: Sept 10, 1730
Date: 2024-01-14 05:57 pm (UTC)After my previous relation, I just learned |: something that modesty would not have allowed me to include, even if I had known it before :| that the King had the girl in question from Potsdam visited and examined by a midwife and two surgeons, all three of whom swore an oath that this poor creature had not been touched and that she was still a virgin. Despite this, she passed through the hands of the executioner, as you can see from my account. For the two officers, who only bought the garment that the Prince presented to this unfortunate girl, they are condemned to Spandu [sic] for the rest of their days.
The two officers should be Lts. Spaen and Ingersleben (he of the teacups), who were both eventually released from prison. Løvenørn is wrong about Spaen, though; he was implicated in the 1729 and 1730 escape attempts, not just in acting as a go-between for Fritz and Doris.
My main question is whether Løvenørn is an independent source for Doris being found a virgin, or if he's just getting his info directly from Guy-Dickens.