Jenny von Gustedt
Jenny von Gustedt , née Jeromée Catharina Rabe von Pappenheim (born September 7, 1811 at Schönfeld Castle near Kassel , Kurhessen ; † June 29, 1890 at Gut Lablacken near Labiau , East Prussia ) was a German writer .
Life
Jenny was the elder of two illegitimate daughters of Jérôme Bonaparte (1784–1860), King of Westphalia , and Diana Rabe von Pappenheim , née. Freiin Waldner von Freundstein (1788–1844). Since Diana was still married to Wilhelm Maximilian Rabe von Pappenheim at this time , the GHdA A XXI (1990) identifies Jenny as the legitimate child of Freiherr Rabe von Pappenheim. Wilhelm Rabe von Pappenheim, and with it his wife Diana, was elevated to the rank of Count in Westphalia by King Jérôme on November 30, 1811, just under three months after Jenny's birth .
After Wilhelm Rabe von Pappenheim's death, Diana went with her daughter Jenny in 1815 - the sons Gottfried and Alfred Otto from their marriage to Wilhelm Rabe von Pappenheim had been retired from a pastor in the Harz Mountains, and the second daughter from the relationship with them Jérôme Bonaparte, Marie Pauline, was placed in a convent in Paris - in Weimar , where Jenny was taken in by her maternal aunt, Isabelle. From 1822 to 1826 she lived in Strasbourg with her aunt von Türckheim, but returned to Weimar. There she met Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , who had a strong influence on her. She made friends with his son August and gave his sons Wolf and Walter their first lessons. She was also close friends with Princess Augusta von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach , who was the wife of the future Emperor Wilhelm I , and took part in court life.
Jenny became engaged to the landowner and later Prussian district administrator Werner von Gustedt (1813–1864) during the summer vacation in Bad Kissingen in 1837 and married him on March 6, 1838 in Weimar. Gustedt moved with her to his newly acquired Garden estate near Deutsch-Eylau ( West Prussia ). When he became district administrator of the Rosenberg district in 1851 , he lived with her on the Rosenberg manor . Their son was the Prussian Rittmeister Otto von Gustedt (1839–1905). A granddaughter was the writer and women's rights activist Lily Braun (1865–1916).
Works (selection)
- From Goethe's circle of friends , Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig 1892
- Memoirs of the Titans. Experiences with Goethe and the Bonapartes in the circle of the Hohenzollern , 2 volumes. Reissner Verlag, Dresden 1932
Individual evidence
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelige Häuser A Volume XXI, Page 216, Volume 98 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1990, ISBN 3-7980-0700-4
literature
- Lily Braun : In the shadow of the titans. Memories of Baroness Jenny von Gustedt , Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig 1909
- Gerhard Wulz: The chapel cemetery in Bad Kissingen. A guide with short biographies, Bad Kissingen 2001, ISBN 3-934912-04-4
Web links
- Literature by and about Jenny von Gustedt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gustedt, Jenny from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pappenheim, Jenny von; Rabe von Pappenheim, Jenny von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schönfeld Palace (Kassel) , Kassel , Kurhessen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1890 |
| Place of death | Good rennet near Labiau , East Prussia |