It was F1. And yes, I was thinking the part where he was prince in his own territory was relevant.
Also, from my glance through Varnhagen von Ense on James' last years in Russia for the other post, it looks like George and James were separated the entire time between when James met Eva and when they ended up in Fritz's service a few years later. So if George was the reason James didn't marry her, it must have been via writing. And in that case, if George had never met her, the disapproval surely stemmed from class reasons.
But we're still speculating it was George. It may have been James who was like, "You make a fine long-term mistress, but you're not marriage material!"
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Re: James Keith and Eva Merthen
Date: 2025-05-03 01:57 pm (UTC)Also, from my glance through Varnhagen von Ense on James' last years in Russia for the other post, it looks like George and James were separated the entire time between when James met Eva and when they ended up in Fritz's service a few years later. So if George was the reason James didn't marry her, it must have been via writing. And in that case, if George had never met her, the disapproval surely stemmed from class reasons.
But we're still speculating it was George. It may have been James who was like, "You make a fine long-term mistress, but you're not marriage material!"