Did some detective work: Catherine du Rosey's father died in 1744, so 5 years before the proposal. I guess Lehndorff did wait! Uncharitably, until he started to realize he was in a dead-end job. :P
I guess also she would have been 6 when her father died, so I can imagine even in a society where it's marginally okay to propose to 11-year-olds maybe a 6-year-old is NOT okay?
I mean, SD was trying to arrange the marriage between Wilhelmine and Fritz of Wales when they were like, 2 years old, so while Lehndorff is not royalty, I wouldn't be surprised if he just wasn't seriously looking/desperate yet.
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