Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 47

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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: William/Mary/James of Monmouth

[cahn]

(Bear in mind this is supposedly also when he's nice to young FW and considers adopting him briefly, and no one insinuated anything untowards there.)

Gossipers: Hey, remember when he was nice to FW and considered adopting him? What if...
Gossipers: EW! I want that mental picture OUT of my head! Nope! Not gonna imagine THAT!

Liselotte's view on these matters is inevitably influenced by having spent decades with the never mistress-less Louis XIV as a brother-in-law and Philippe the Gay as a husband.

Hee, yep, she did have a lot of evidence! :) And I didn't know (or forgot) about the others... yeah.