Louise of Holtei

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Louise von Holtei , née Louise Roger or Louise Rogée (born December 1, 1800 in Vienna , † January 28, 1825 in Berlin ), was an Austro-German theater actress and singer.

Life

Holtei was a Roman Catholic and the foster daughter of Petrillo-Eigensatz, spent her youth in Vienna and was trained as an actress by Friederike Bethmann . She was particularly encouraged by the actor couple Pius and Amalie Wolff .

She made her debut in 1815 or 1817 in the comedies Jac (k) Spleen and Which is the bride , but soon fell ill and had to leave the stage.

After her marriage on February 4, 1821 with the Protestant writer and director Karl von Holtei , she returned to the theater in May and made her debut as "first lover" in Breslau on May 9, 1821. Two years later, she divorced from there due to one thing Her husband's quarrel with the management and as a guest she moved with him on her “art journey” that began on June 23, 1823, from Prague to Vienna, Brno, Berlin and Hamburg; in Hamburg she received a contract to Berlin.

From March 1824 she worked as an actress at the Royal Theater in Berlin and on April 21, 1824, she made her debut in Berlin as Käthchen von Heilbronn in the performance of the Kleist play initiated by her husband. Her death from pericarditis ended her successful career.

She left two children. The son, Heinrich Holtei (1821–1836), died at the age of 16 in Grafenort, the daughter, Marie Holtei (1822–1897), married the lawyer Josef Potpeschnigg at an early age and moved to Graz in Styria.

literature

  • Ludwig Eisenberg : Large biographical lexicon of the German stage in the XIX. Century . Verlag von Paul List , Leipzig 1903, p. 450, ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Joseph Kürschner:  Holtei, Louise von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 6.
  • Michael Sachs: 'Prince-Bishop and Vagabond'. The story of a friendship between the Prince-Bishop of Breslau Heinrich Förster (1799–1881) and the writer and actor Karl von Holtei (1798–1880). Edited textually based on the original Holteis manuscript. In: Medical historical messages. Journal for the history of science and specialist prose research. Volume 35, 2016 (2018), pp. 223–291, here: pp. 280 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Holtei, Louise of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roger, Louise (maiden name); Rogée, Louise (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian theater actress
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 1825
Place of death Berlin