Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 47

[cahn]

We haven't had a new post since before December 25, so obligatory Yuletide link to this hilarious story of Frederick the Great babysitting his bratty little brother, with bonus Fritz/Fredersdorf!

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Re: David Bergeron: King James and Letters of Homoerotic Desire - I

[aella_irene]

I was pleased to discover that Carr was the son of Kerr of Ferniehurst, and Janet Scott of Buccleuch, his parents' marriage having been arranged as part of a series of attempts to end the Kerr-Scott feud, which had seen his great-grandfather Walter Scott of Buccleuch literally stabbed in the street by Kerrs in 1552. This makes him the grandson of William Scott of Kincurd, and thus of the marriage immortalised by Dorothy Dunnett at the start of The Disorderly Knights, with: On the day that his grannie was killed by the English, Sir William Scott the Younger of Buccleuch was at Melrose Abbey, marrying his aunt.

Said Grannie was, naturally, a Kerr killed by Kerrs.

Re: David Bergeron: King James and Letters of Homoerotic Desire - I

[selenak]

That‘s fascinating, I had no idea!

Re: David Bergeron: King James and Letters of Homoerotic Desire - I

[cahn]

That's neat! I need to read Dunnett...