Historical Characters, Including Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 48

[cahn]

Some awesome historical RPF candyheartsex stories for meeeeee (or by me, in one tiny case) with historical characters! I'm just going to note whom the stories are about here. They are all so good!!

Anne Boleyn/Catherine of Aragorn
Frances Howard and Frances Coke (or: James I's court was basically a HOTBED of scandal, omg)

And two that are also historical RPF but also consistent with the Jude Morgan novel The King's Touch, which is an excellent historical novel narrated by James ("Jemmy") Scott, Duke of Monmouth, Charles II's illegitimate son.

Princess Henrietta of England (Charles II's sister and wife of Philippe I duc d'Orleans)
James of Monmouth/William/Mary

Comments

Re: Hunting Peter Keith: Meinerzhagen, August 18

[selenak]

Sounds plausible! When I put "Lehndorff doesn't like them" + "possibly in need or want of money" together, the two answers that immediately spring to mind are Lehndorff's colleague among EC's staff, Count Wartenberg the sugar horder, and Heinrich's boyfriends, most of whom were notorious spendthrifts, and Lehndorff would have spend time with all of the above during 1756 when he writes that glowing eloge to Peter the deserving of good fortune.

Re: Hunting Peter Keith: Meinerzhagen, August 18

[mildred_of_midgard]

Sounds plausible! Who was Heinrich's boyfriend in 1753? Was Wartenberg around yet? That was when the money-gifting event happened (distinct from the eulogy entry in 1756).

Re: Hunting Peter Keith: Meinerzhagen, August 18

[selenak]

1753 was the year of Reisewitz (the one who overspent Heinrich's money on Rheinsberg and got into serious debts of his own until he killed himself) and Lamberg. Since 1752/1753 is also when Lehndorff is newly in love and considers two days spent away from Heinrich the height of inhumanity, he can't stand either.

Wartenberg: I don't know, but since he's older than Lehndorff who once called him "the Queen's eternal Count von Wartenberg", I bet he was.

Re: Hunting Peter Keith: Meinerzhagen, August 18

[mildred_of_midgard]

Thank you for clarifying the chronology! I bet the indebted Reisewitz was muttering about Peter getting money, inspiring Lehndorff to write "which especially pleases all DECENT people" in his diary. :P