MT Marriage AU
Jan. 31st, 2021 01:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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rheinsbergAuthor: selenak
Original discussion: https://cahn.dreamwidth.org/160700.html?thread=1119420#cmt1119420
mildred_of_midgard: My question is, how much does young Fritz manage to piss off his *dad* in the 1730s, particularly if this marriage lands him in Austria? And what are the consequences of *that*?
How FW would have reacted to a Fritz not just geographically but hierarchically completely out of his control - if Fritz is in Vienna (and assorted other locations all over the HRE which aren't Prussia - as MT's spouse, son-in-law of the Emperor and likely Emperor-in-Waiting is beyond my power to imagine. From the first time his ambassador reports onwards about how HRH had a great time at the public concert last night, playing flute while MT sang, and that's before we get the first letter (in French, of course) saying "Mon cher Papa, have suggested to the Emperor to request loan from our treasury so we can bring the Austrian army up to speed and also build me an extra royal mansion equipped with the latest fashion from Paris, cheerio, Fritz".
mildred_of_midgard: RIP Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia
1688 - 1733
Cause of death: aneurysm
selenakOriginal discussion: https://cahn.dreamwidth.org/160700.html?thread=1119420#cmt1119420
mildred_of_midgard: My question is, how much does young Fritz manage to piss off his *dad* in the 1730s, particularly if this marriage lands him in Austria? And what are the consequences of *that*?How FW would have reacted to a Fritz not just geographically but hierarchically completely out of his control - if Fritz is in Vienna (and assorted other locations all over the HRE which aren't Prussia - as MT's spouse, son-in-law of the Emperor and likely Emperor-in-Waiting is beyond my power to imagine. From the first time his ambassador reports onwards about how HRH had a great time at the public concert last night, playing flute while MT sang, and that's before we get the first letter (in French, of course) saying "Mon cher Papa, have suggested to the Emperor to request loan from our treasury so we can bring the Austrian army up to speed and also build me an extra royal mansion equipped with the latest fashion from Paris, cheerio, Fritz".
mildred_of_midgard: RIP Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia1688 - 1733
Cause of death: aneurysm
