Isolde Beidler

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Richard Wagner's family, August 1881
from top left: Blandine , Heinrich von Stein (Siegfried's private tutor), Cosima , Richard , the painter Paul von Joukowsky
below: Isolde, Daniela , Eva , Siegfried .

Isolde Beidler (born April 10, 1865 in Munich as Isolde Josefa Ludovika von Bülow ; † February 7, 1919 ibid) was a daughter of Richard and Cosima Wagner , wife of the conductor Franz Beidler and mother of the writer Franz Wilhelm Beidler .

Life

Colmdorf Castle near Bayreuth

Isolde was a daughter of Richard Wagner . Her mother Cosima was still married (until 1870) to Hans von Bülow , who recognized the child as his. Therefore, she and her sisters Daniela and Blandine were able to inherit Hans von Bülow in 1894. Isolde was Cosima's favorite daughter. She treated her numerous admirers snippily, including Houston Stewart Chamberlain , whom she called "goggle-eye". Later he was one of those who promoted Isolde's isolation.

In December 1900, the 35-year-old Isolde married the 28-year-old conductor Franz Beidler . The couple moved to the little castle Colmdorf near Bayreuth . Richard Wagner's first grandson Franz Wilhelm Beidler was born there on October 16, 1901 . The couple lived in Moscow and St. Petersburg from 1902 to 1905 . In 1906 there was a dispute between Cosima Wagner and the ambitious Franz Beidler. In 1912 the couple moved from Colmdorf to Munich at Prinzregentenplatz 16. Isolde continued to receive a share of the family's income (approx. 12,000 marks ) and extraordinary benefits such as B. Relocation costs.

House at Prinzregentenplatz  16 in Munich, later (from 1929) also the house of Adolf Hitler

When in 1913 the income situation of the Wagner family deteriorated after the copyrights to Richard Wagner's work had expired, Siegfried Wagner had his sister Isolde's “voluntary subsidies” reduced to 8,000 marks. After threats had no avail, Isolde filed an inheritance lawsuit against her mother at the Bayreuth district court.

The trial ended on June 19, 1914 with the dismissal of the lawsuit. Isolde had to bear the legal costs and bitterly withdrew. She was only in contact with her sister Daniela. The marriage with Franz Beidler remained upright despite his affairs (3 illegitimate children with 2 women).

The doctors had already diagnosed her with severe lung disease ( tuberculosis ) in the Bayreuth hospital . On arrival in Munich, the disease worsened, which was initially treated in Partenkirchen and later in Davos . She died in her Munich apartment in 1919.

fatherhood

Richard Wagner's fatherhood is recognized today. In the inheritance suit against her mother (Beidler trial) Isolde could not prove the descent from Richard Wagner. Cosima denied Wagner's fatherhood in writing, contrary to better knowledge. Her statement is the consequence of her corresponding declaration to Ludwig II. Isolde was entered in the baptismal register as the legitimate daughter of Hans and Cosima von Bülow, Richard Wagner acted as baptismal witness. In contrast to her sister Daniela, Isolde addressed Hans von Bülow not as a father, but as Mr. Bülow. In contrast to Blandine and Daniela, she was not sent to a boarding school, but brought up by private tutors together with Eva and Siegfried.

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brigitte Hamann: The Wagner family; P. 83.
  2. ↑ Brigitte Hamann: The Wagner family, p. 92.
  3. ↑ Oliver Hilmes: Cosimas Kinder, p. 23 f.
  4. ↑ Oliver Hilmes: Cosimas Kinder, p. 33.
personal data
SURNAME Beidler, Isolde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bülow, Isolde Josefa Ludovika von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Daughter of Richard and Cosima Wagner
DATE OF BIRTH April 10, 1865
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1919
Place of death Munich