Lessing (family)

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The Lessing family produced important intellectuals, poets, artists and publishers:

  1. Johann Gottfried Lessing (1693–1770)
    1. Gotthold Ephraim Lessing (1729–1781) ⚭ Eva Hahn (1736–1778)
    2. Johann Gottlieb Lessing (1732–1808) ⚭ Friederike Amalie Hagemann († 1818)
      1. Friederike Amalie Lessing;
      2. Friedrich Theophilus Lessing
    3. Karl Gotthelf Lessing (1740–1812) ⚭ Marie Friederike Voß (1752–1828), daughter of Christian Friedrich Voß
      1. Carl Friedrich Lessing (1778-1848)
        1. Carl Friedrich Lessing (1808-1880)
          1. Otto Lessing (1846–1912)
          2. Konrad Lessing (1852-1916)
          3. Heinrich Lessing (1856–1930)
        2. Christian Friedrich Lessing (1809-1862)
        3. Franziska Maria Lessing (1818–1901) ⚭ Emil Ebers (1807–1884)
        4. Carl Robert Lessing (1827–1911) ⚭ Emma von Gelbke (1827–1895)
          1. Gotthold Lessing (1861–1919) ⚭ Anna cell, daughter of Robert cell