Kunigunde of Savigny
Kunigunde von Savigny , b. Brentano (born July 8, 1780 in Ehrenbreitstein ; † May 17, 1863 in Berlin ), called Gundel and Gunda , was one of the daughters of the Frankfurt merchant Peter Anton Brentano and his second wife Maximiliane von La Roche . Goethe raved about her mother ; her grandmother Sophie von La Roche was a well-known writer.
Life
After the mother's early death, the siblings grew up separately. In 1794, at the age of 15, Gunda came with three of her sisters - Bettina , Lulu and Meline - to the Ursuline convent in Fritzlar . Gunda returned to Frankfurt from the monastery just two years later. Her father Peter Anton Brentano died a year later.
On April 17, 1804, Gunda married the well-known and wealthy lawyer Friedrich Karl von Savigny in Meerholz . The material collections and copies in the handwritten estate testify to her collaboration in the scientific works of Savigny.
She is buried with her husband in the chapel of Hof Trages in Freigericht in Hesse , between the Somborn district and Alzenau in Bavaria.
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| SURNAME | Savigny, Kunigunde of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brentano, Kunigunde; Gunda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German woman, daughter of Peter Anton Brentano |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ehrenbreitstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 17, 1863 |
| Place of death | Berlin |