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But it was when Peter started telling the army that they were going to march off to fight Denmark and he was going to go with him, and Fritz was like, "Okay, if I can't talk you out of this STUPID IDEA, please at least get crowned in Moscow first? So that your subjects consider your person too sacred to assassinate?" and Peter was like, "Pfff, everyone's been telling me for years how glad they'll be to finally have a man in charge instead of a woman, no one would ever!" and prepared to march off to war against Denmark, that he got overthrown, a few days after writing that "What are you worried about?" letter to Fritz.

OMG this is amazing. Someone (alley_skywalker?) has to write the fandom AU of this :D

One brother was the King of Denmark, and one was the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. Where is Gottorp, you ask? Gottorp is a castle in the city of Schleswig. Thus Schleswig is a region and a city, Holstein is a region, and Gottorp ("Gottorf") is a castle in one of those regions. "Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp" is thus a shorthand for "Schleswig-Holstein at Gottorp," which is short for "The Schleswig-Holstein Duchy, as opposed to the royal Schleswig-Holstein area ruled by the kings of Denmark, has its ducal seat at Gottorp."

WHAT. I mean, okay, thanks for explaining that. But WHAT

Charles XII, who was BFFs (lovers?) with his brother-in-law

You... what?! can't just throw out things like that!

4. Selena or I will have to tell you about Pugachev one day.

Yes please! This sounds like good gossipy sensationalism :)