Charlotte von Schiller

Schiller, Charlotte von (Rudolstadt, 1766-1826, Bonn), wife of J. C. Friedrich Schiller, was a Fräulein von Lengefeld and a cousin of Schiller's friend, Wilhelm von Wolzogen (1762-1809). Schiller and she first made acquaintance at Mannheim in 1784. In 1787 the acquaintance was renewed and in August 1789 Schiller and Charlotte were engaged. The marriage took place on 22 February 1790 at the village of Wenigenjena, near Jena. Schiller was for a short time equally attracted by the elder sister, Caroline von Beulwitz (see Wolzogen, Caroline von). Charlotte von Schiller bore her husband four children.