Given that this is just after the 7 Years War, I can well believe no one wants young and untried personnel in the hot seats of France and Vienna. And it's ic for Fritz to phrase it like that.
BTW: Is this Hertzberg the same guy who later will prove Heinrich's doom in the reign of FW2?
Yes, same guy. There's a lot of Heinrich discussion in these letters that I might come back to someday, I just have limits on how much I can decipher at once. (I'm already behind on all my other projects because of how much deciphering I'm doing already!) I think most of the Heinrich discussion is because Dodo Heinrich, Oriane's envoy brother (sent to London during the Seven Years' War), according to Wikipedia, "enjoyed Heinrich's trust," and I see a lot of him spending time at Rheinsberg in these letters. Who knows, maybe there's gossip that we'll find out someday!
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Re: Peter's sons
Date: 2025-01-22 12:25 pm (UTC)BTW: Is this Hertzberg the same guy who later will prove Heinrich's doom in the reign of FW2?
Re: Peter's sons
Date: 2025-01-22 12:29 pm (UTC)And it's ic for Fritz to phrase it like that.
Extremely. I suspected it was him.