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3 days ago · In 1806, Goethe was living in Weimar with his mistress Christiane Vulpius, the sister of Christian A. Vulpius, and their son August von Goethe. On 13 October, Napoleon 's army invaded the town. The French "spoon guards", the least disciplined soldiers, occupied Goethe's house:
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May 3, 2024 · Christian August Vulpius (born Jan. 23, 1762, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar [Germany]—died June 26, 1827, Weimar) was a German writer of popular historical novels and brother of Christiane Vulpius, Goethe’s wife. Educated at Jena and Erlangen, Vulpius became secretary to the baron of Soden at Nürnburg (1788).
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Apr 23, 2024 · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe formally married Christiane Vulpius in October 1806. He was opposed to the church ceremony that was, at the time, the only way of being legally married, so, although she bore Goethe a son, August, in 1789, he didn’t marry her until the Napoleonic army sacked the city in which they lived.
Apr 30, 2024 · Juli 1788 Bekanntschaft mit der 23-jährigen Putzmacherin Christiane Vulpius, die ihm gegenüber als Bittstellerin für ihren nach dem Jurastudium in Not geratenen Bruder auftrat. Sie wurde seine Geliebte und bald darauf seine Lebensgefährtin.
Apr 22, 2024 · Son of Dr. Johann Caspar Goethe and Catharina Elisabeth Goethe. Husband of Christiane von Goethe (Vulpius) Fiancé of Anna Elisabeth "Lili" Schönemann. Father of Julius August Walter von Goethe; Anonymus von Goethe; Caroline von Goethe; Carl von Goethe and Catharina von Goethe.
Apr 26, 2024 · Most of the action takes place in Weimar, where the poet lives in an “unconsecrated union” with Christiane Vulpius. The young woman approached him in 1788, a month after his return from a poetically and sexually inspiring journey to Italy, bearing in her hands a petition for employment on behalf of her brother Christian August.
