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  1. Elsa Einstein (18 January 1876 – 20 December 1936) was the second wife and cousin of Albert Einstein. Their mothers were sisters, thus making them maternal first cousins. The couple were also paternal second cousins (i.e. their fathers were first cousins).

  2. Feb 4, 2024 · He had affairs with a number of young women including Ethel Michanowski, one of Elsa’s friends. And indeed, Albert Einstein had few qualms about infidelity. As he explained to Elsa, according to National Geographic, “one should do what one enjoys, and won’t harm anyone else.”.

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  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Elsa Einstein was physicist Albert Einstein's second wife, supporting his work, nursing him back to health, and moving with him from Germany to the United States in 1933.

    • Elsa was Einstein’s second wife. Albert Einstein and his first wife, Mileva Marić. Credit: ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv. Albert Einstein was married twice.
    • She was Einstein’s first cousin. Cousins marrying each other wasn’t frowned upon at that time. Interestingly enough, Elsa and Albert were cousins on both sides.
    • She was a great cook and took care of Einstein well. Elsa and Albert Einstein. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Personality-wise, the difference between Elsa and Mileva were day and night.
    • She deliberately scared people away from Albert Einstein. Elsa and Albert Einstein. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. It’s widely known that Elsa acted as a gatekeeper of sorts for Albert.
  4. Dec 19, 2016 · But in 1912, he started an affair with his cousin, Elsa Löwenthal while visiting his family who had moved to Berlin. They maintained a secret correspondence over two years.

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  6. Childhood & Early Life. Elsa Einstein was born on 18 January 1876, in Hechingen, German Empire, to Rudolf Einstein and Fanny Koch Einstein. She grew up alongside her two sisters, Hermine and Paula. During the regular visits to her maternal aunt, she frequently played with her cousin Albert Einstein and developed a friendly bond with him.

  7. Dec 30, 2019 · When Einstein got remarried, to his cousin Elsa, in 1919, he discovered the true meaning of relativity. Unfortunately, Elsa knew nothing about physics.

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