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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.
Johanna Christiana Sophie Vulpius von Goethe (1 June 1765 – 6 June 1816) was the longtime lover and later wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe . Biography. Vulpius spent her childhood in Luthergasse, one of the oldest parts of Weimar. Her paternal ancestors had been academics for several generations.
- 5 (4 died young), including August von Goethe
- 6 June 1816 (aged 51), Weimar, Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German Confederation
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 ...
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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.
The burghers of Weimar, she learned, were incredibly tolerant of irregular personal relations. Goethe and Christiane Vulpius, mother of Goethe’s only child, August, lived together for years before marrying in 1806. While still married to other people, Liszt and Princess Sayn-Wittgenstein openly cohabited.
Jun 15, 2017 · Goethe: Life as a Work of Art. ... into a long-term relationship until he was nearly 40. Christiane Vulpius, the object of his affections and soon to be the mother of his son, August, was so far ...
Jan 24, 2016 · This newly liberated erotic spirit trailed him back to Weimar, where, soon after his return, he met and moved in with Christiane Vulpius, a woman so much his inferior in education and social ...