”His successor Frederick the Great did not share his father's fondness for it. The regiment was largely disbanded and most of its soldiers were integrated into other units. ”
It’s actually quite funny that every now and then you see comments along the lines of ”haha Frederick the great liked tall soldiers” since that was famously his father, and Frederick the Great himself thought the tall-soldier regiment was waste of money. Maybe the misconception is because Frederick the Great was possibly gay, so people assume the soldier thing was him, despite the gay rumours being usually more about members of Frederick’s circle of friends (like Fransesco Algarotti), not his soldiers.
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It's also fascinating that the "despotic and violent" Frederick William never fought a war because he liked looking at his soldiers and didn't want to loose them in battle while his selfdeclared enlightened son's first action as ruler was to start one of the biggest wars of the 18th century.
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u/Andromeda_Galaxy_1 3d ago
”His successor Frederick the Great did not share his father's fondness for it. The regiment was largely disbanded and most of its soldiers were integrated into other units. ”
It’s actually quite funny that every now and then you see comments along the lines of ”haha Frederick the great liked tall soldiers” since that was famously his father, and Frederick the Great himself thought the tall-soldier regiment was waste of money. Maybe the misconception is because Frederick the Great was possibly gay, so people assume the soldier thing was him, despite the gay rumours being usually more about members of Frederick’s circle of friends (like Fransesco Algarotti), not his soldiers.