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!

Comments

[mildred_of_midgard]

So Rudolph II makes it to the semi-finals, and Leopold II doesn't even get to be in the bracket?? It's a cruel, cruel world.

[aella_irene]

I'm not 100% sure how they decided the bracket, given the presence of Napoleon II.

[mildred_of_midgard]

According to MT, being a Habsburg is a dominant gene that is passed through the female line too. :P

But yeah, interesting choices.

[selenak]

Quite. I mean, "Napoleon II", aka the Duke of Reichstadt, was deliberately kept from any position all his short life and never commanded or ruled anything, and he wins in the first round over.... Philip of Spain? Philip II? I think even Elizabeth I. would have been insulted on her arch nemesis' behalf.