Geographical and nomenclature discoveries: - His name is Schmidt, Lötzen is the place of publication. - Lötzen is the old German name of a town in Poland, today called Giżycko. - It's about 10 km from Steinort, modern day Sztynort, home of the Lehndorff estate. This explains why our Schmidt is so interested in Lehndorff. - Masovia/Mazovia is the name of a historical region in Poland. It borders Masuria, the historical region in which Sztynort and and Giżycko are located. This explains why the Masovia journal has so very much on the Lehndorff family, and is where the diaries were published. - Schmidt's name is sometimes given as "Schmidt" (usually when referring to him as a person), "Schmidt in Lötzen", "Schmidt, Lötzen", and "Schmidt--Lötzen" (usually when referring to him as an author). - Other authors' names in the volume are also sometimes given as "Name--Lötzen".
is Mrs. Kalkreuth Mina's ex lady-in-waiting (who provided the excuse for why Kalckreuth was on his knees in front of Mina), or did she die already and this is his second wife?
Second wife. The poor ex-lady-in-waiting died in 1768; Kalckreuth married again in 1781.
Karl really had several near death experiences, it seems. Do we know what became of him in the long term?
Karl: lived to be 83, had several long-lived children, and had a successful military career, making it all the way to Lt. General. But also wounded in the head in a battle in 1807 and made a POW.
And finally, for the record, the estimable selenak reads and summarizes history faster and better than anyone I've ever met! She had these latest volumes read and written up within 12 hours of me making them available!
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A few addenda for the record
Date: 2022-07-15 05:18 pm (UTC)Geographical and nomenclature discoveries:
- His name is Schmidt, Lötzen is the place of publication.
- Lötzen is the old German name of a town in Poland, today called Giżycko.
- It's about 10 km from Steinort, modern day Sztynort, home of the Lehndorff estate. This explains why our Schmidt is so interested in Lehndorff.
- Masovia/Mazovia is the name of a historical region in Poland. It borders Masuria, the historical region in which Sztynort and and Giżycko are located. This explains why the Masovia journal has so very much on the Lehndorff family, and is where the diaries were published.
- Schmidt's name is sometimes given as "Schmidt" (usually when referring to him as a person), "Schmidt in Lötzen", "Schmidt, Lötzen", and "Schmidt--Lötzen" (usually when referring to him as an author).
- Other authors' names in the volume are also sometimes given as "Name--Lötzen".
is Mrs. Kalkreuth Mina's ex lady-in-waiting (who provided the excuse for why Kalckreuth was on his knees in front of Mina), or did she die already and this is his second wife?
Second wife. The poor ex-lady-in-waiting died in 1768; Kalckreuth married again in 1781.
Karl really had several near death experiences, it seems. Do we know what became of him in the long term?
Karl: lived to be 83, had several long-lived children, and had a successful military career, making it all the way to Lt. General. But also wounded in the head in a battle in 1807 and made a POW.
And finally, for the record, the estimable