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Vulpius's and Goethe's only surviving son, Julius August Walther von Goethe (1789–1830), became chamberlain to the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar. He married Ottilie von Pogwisch (1796–1872), who was highly accomplished. She later cared for Goethe until he died in 1832.
- 5 (4 died young), including August von Goethe
- 6 June 1816 (aged 51), Weimar, Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Confederation
Oct 19, 2018 · On October 19, 1806, the famous German writer, artist, and politician, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, finally got married with his mistress Christiane Vulpius after having lived together quasi-maritally since 1788, to the scandal of the ladies of Weimar and the vexation of Bettine von Arnim.
Jun 6, 2016 · She was accused of drunkenness, gluttony and stupidity, called a ‘whore’ and a ‘trollop’, Goethe’s ‘fatter half’, a ‘round nothing’, who had ‘spoilt everything’. Christiane’s handwriting, a page of a letter to Goethe from June 1793. Reproduced in Wolfgang Vulpius, Christiane: Lebenskunst und Menschlichkeit in Goethes Ehe ...
Sep 21, 1997 · An article on Sept. 21 about scholarly speculation on the sexual orientation of the German poet Goethe referred incorrectly to Christiane Vulpius, one of his lovers. Goethe met her in Weimar ...
Goethe resolved to preserve as much as he could of the Roman atmosphere in Weimar, set about hiring artists he had met in Italy, and at once—before there was time for any second thoughts—took himself a mistress, Christiane Vulpius, the daughter of the duke’s late archivist.
Vom armen Blumenmädchen zur Frau Goethe. Christiane Vulpius, Frau von Johann Wolfgang Goethe, mit ihrem gemeinsamen Sohn August, zeitgenössische Darstellung. © dpa/picture alliance. Von ...
W hy did goethe marry Christiane Vulpius, his companion of eighteen years, on 19 October 1806, five days after Napoleon's victory over Prussia at the battle of Jena-Auerstedt? The act perplexed Weimar gossips at the time, angering some, and Goethe's motives for suddenly marrying then have been much discussed since.
