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: Two Philippes, no waiting, redux

[selenak]

Thank you for exonorating Voltaire from having made that up. :) It adds yet another layer to the rivalry of the two Philiippes and fits with the eternal distrust of the main Bourbon line for the Orleans line. I guess even if Philippe the Regent’s second daughter would have had a different temper, her marrying Philip the Frog’s son would have been super awkward for the in-laws….