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: 1764-1772 Foreign policy: Saxony

[selenak]

The Brühl biographers tend to think he lucked out with his death in as much as Friedrich Christian was bound to make him a scapegoat for the Seven Years War disaster, given someone needed to be and it couldn't be Fritz the winner.

Re: 1764-1772 Foreign policy: Saxony

[mildred_of_midgard]

I tend to agree with them. Friedrich Christian was already starting the process, though I believe that much like Moltke a few years later in a identical position, Brühl was found officially innocent of embezzlement? My memory is fuzzy, and I never finished either of his bios I started. Maybe when work calms down and I have time to practice German again, I can pick up some of the abandoned half-finished books on my list.

Anyway, if Friedrich Christian and Brühl had lived, I think Brühl's life would have continued getting worse.