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: Izabela Czartoryska

[selenak]

Figues that PiS would have targetted Poniatowski. Here's hoping the new government lets actual historians work in the museums again.

re: Izabela Czartoryska: she has some short but very intriguing appearances in Horowski's Das Jahrhundert der Könige, so thank you for the additional intel!

Re: Izabela Czartoryska

[aella_irene]

The impression I get from talking to a Polish friend is that Poniatowski the traitor very much predates PiS, and has been the dominant in-Poland narrative since his lifetime. (Not helped by the Czartoryskis, who were sore about him going solo from their alliance that was intended to elect Izabela's husband. They felt, probably wrongly, that Adam Kazimierz could have prevented the partition)