Count Mark and the Princess of Nassau-Usingen
Count Mark and the Princess of Nassau-Usingen is a tragic biography by Ricarda Huch , published in Leipzig in 1925.
history
Lieutenant Mark - who later became Count Mark - is Friedrich Wilhelm von Bismarck . He married Augusta Amalia (1778–1846), divorced Landgrave of Hessen-Homburg . Ricarda Huch introduces this on the first page of the text as Princess Auguste von Nassau-Usingen. August's father is Friedrich August von Nassau-Usingen . Count Mark's second wife is Amalie Julie Thibaut (born July 4, 1824 in Steinbach near Baden-Baden ; † September 6, 1918 in Mariafeld on Lake Zurich ).
content
The plot of the short story ranges from 1803 to 1858.
1803: Lieutenant Mark and Princess Auguste von Nassau-Usingen confess their love in the nocturnal Schlosspark Bieberich .
1804: On the eve of Auguste's wedding to the Prince of Hesse-Homburg, Mark the bride asserts that he will always love her.
Eight months later: Auguste meets with Mark. The mother only allowed five minutes. The couple in love hugs and kisses.
1807: Auguste marries Mark in an unnamed small town and lives with him near Frankfurt am Main.
1812: With the defeated Napoleonic army - the Kingdom of Württemberg fights on the side of the French - the wounded Mark manages to return to Germany.
1813: Auguste and Mark, who is leaning on a crutch, celebrate their happy reunion for three days near Frankfurt.
1835: Count Mark and Countess Auguste live in Karlsruhe .
1840: Count Mark sits in the palace gardens of Karlsruhe and mourns his youth - the campaigns under Napoleon .
1845: Countess Auguste is bedridden and is looked after by her young companion. Count Mark approaches the companion and promises the young lady private marriage for the time after the countess' foreseeable death.
1858: Auguste died. Mark withdraws to Constance with his young wife . The count is interested in the soubrettes at the city theater.
reception
Staitscheva writes that Mark's strong love for Auguste will help the wounded man return from Russia. But as soon as Mark bears the title of count, i.e. has achieved his goal, his love for the countess expires.
Book editions
- Ricarda Huch: Count Mark and the Princess of Nassau-Usingen. A tragic biography. 35 pages. Deutsche Bücherei , Leipzig 1925 (edition used)
literature
- Marie Baum : Shining lead. The life of Ricarda Huch. 520 pages. Rainer Wunderlich Verlag Hermann Leins , Tübingen and Stuttgart 1950 (6th – 11th thousand)
- Emilia Staitscheva: The image of Russia in Ricarda Huch's poetic work . Pp. 83–114 in Hans-Werner Peter (ed.), Silke Köstler (ed.): Ricarda Huch (1864–1947). Studies of their life and work. Anniversary ribbon for the 50th anniversary of her death on the occasion of the international Ricarda Huch research symposium from 15.-17. November 1997 in Braunschweig. 185 pages. PP-Verlag GmbH, Braunschweig 1997, ISBN 3-88712-050-7
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annotation
- ↑ August's mother is Luise von Waldeck (born January 29, 1751 in Arolsen ; † November 17, 1816 in Frankfurt am Main )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baum, p. 517, 5th entry vu
- ↑ Staitscheva, pp. 101–110
- ↑ PP as in practical philosophy