Luise Franziska Sophie von Imhoff

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Luise Franziska Sophie von Imhoff, etching by Christoph Adam Carl von Imhoff
Portrait of a young woman possibly Luise Franziska Sophie von Imhoff, etching by Christoph Adam Carl von Imhoff

Luise Franziska Sophie von Imhoff , born of Schardt (* 1750 in Weimar , † 17th December 1803 in Weimar) was the youngest sister of Charlotte von Stein , and belonged to the circle of friends around Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Johann Gottfried von Herder and Friedrich von Schiller at .

Life

Luise Franziska Sophie von Imhoff was the youngest daughter of the ducal Saxon Chamberlain and later court marshal Johann Wilhelm Christian von Schardt and the Konkordia Elisabeth von Irving. Her older sister Charlotte Albertine Ernestine von Schardt, lady-in-waiting of the Duchess Anna Amalia married the ducal stable master of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach , Baron Gottlob Ernst Josias Friedrich von Stein (March 15, 1735 - December 28, 1793 in Großkochberg ). Through the mediation of the older sister she received a call to Gotha as a lady-in-waiting . On January 16, 1775, she became engaged to the former major, portrait painter and seedy businessman Christoph Adam Carl Freiherr von Imhoff, who had returned from Madras in November 1773 . The marriage followed pretty soon on February 2, 1775. After a short stay in Weimar, the couple moved to Imhoff's castle, which was newly built in 1775, on their estate in Mörlach near Hilpoltstein, today the Roth district in Middle Franconia. Only after the marriage leaked news about the business of the husband, who had sold his first wife, the French Anna Maria (called Marian) Apollonia Chapusset de St. Valentin (1747-1837) in 1769 to Warren Hastings, the British Governor of India . The marriage relationship with the "Chapuzet", which probably still existed de Iure, was only formally dissolved on June 1, 1776 by a letter of divorce that Imhoff had received from Duke Karl August . The daughter Amalie was born in August 1776 and was named after the godmother, Duchess Anna Amalia. After most of the assets had been used up, the couple moved to Weimar at the end of 1785, supported by a discreet donation of 300 thalers , lodging and firewood, which the sister Charlotte received from Duke Karl August on her initiative. The daughter was sent to a boarding school in Erlangen until she was 15 years old .

In Weimar, Luise Franziska Sophie von Imhoff was introduced to her sister's inner circle of friends and was familiar with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Johann Gottfried von Herder and Friedrich von Schiller . In July 1787, Schiller had found acceptance in the Imhoff's house, coming from Dresden. At Schiller's request, Charlotte von Lengefeld was temporarily admitted in February 1788 , which gave Schiller the opportunity of discreet visits.

The marriage with Christoph Adam Carl, which resulted in six children, was not a happy one. Sister Charlotte described her brother-in-law in a letter to her sister: "How sad I was when I had to realize that you were choosing a man who was just as material and extravagant as your father was." In 1788, the husband died shortly before the divorce date that had already been scheduled. Luise Franziska Sophie von Imhoff was able to find a modest livelihood from the rest of the family fortune until her death. The daughter Amalie von Imhoff became lady-in-waiting of the Duchess Louise in Weimar in 1801 and belonged to the literary circle of the retired Duchess Anna Amalia. In 1803 Amalie von Imhoff married the Swedish Colonel Karl Gottfried von Helvig. Luise Franziska Sophie von Imhoff died on December 17, 1803 in Weimar. In the same year a son died. After the death of her brother and mother, the daughter and her husband moved to Stockholm.

Left behind writings

literature

  • Gerhard Koch: Christoph Adam Carl von Imhoff 1774–1788 in Imhoff India Driver: A Travel Report from the 18th Century in Letters and Pictures , Wallstein Verlag, 2001, p. 219 ff.

Web links

Commons : Luise Franziska Sophie von Imhoff  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerhard Koch: Imhoff India Driver: A travel report from the 18th century in letters and pictures, Wallstein Verlag, 2001, p. 234 and 422
  2. ↑ Konrad Kratzsch: Klatschnest Weimar: Ernstes und Heiteres, Menschlich-Allzumenschliches from the everyday life of the classics, Königshausen & Neumann, 2009, p. 116
  3. ↑ Gerhard Koch: The divorce judgment in Imhoff India driver: A travel report from the 18th century in letters and pictures , Wallstein Verlag, 2001, p. 248
  4. ↑ Charlotte von Stein to Luise von Imhoff, letter of August 22, 1785, partially printed in: Ernst Grumach, Renate Grumach: Goethe encounters and conversations: 1777–1785, Walter de Gruyter, 1965, p. 542
  5. ↑ keyword Helving, Amalie: General German real encyclopedia for the educated classes: Conversations-Lexikon, Volume 5, FA Brockhaus, 1827, p 221
  6. ↑ Lutz Unbehaun: Schiller's secret love - The poet in Rudolstadt, Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2009, p. 116
  7. ↑ Lutz Unbehaun: Schiller's secret love - The poet in Rudolstadt, Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2009, p. 115
  8. ↑ Gerhard Koch: Imhoff India Driver: A travel report from the 18th century in letters and pictures, Wallstein Verlag, 2001, p. 422
  9. ↑ Jochen Klauß: Charlotte von Stein, www.uni-frankfurt.de
  10. ↑ Konrad Kratzsch Klatschnest Weimar: Serious and cheerful, human-all-too-human from the everyday life of the classics, Königshausen & Neumann, 2009, p. 117
personal data
SURNAME Imhoff, Luise Franziska Sophie von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Imhoff, Luise Franziska Sophie; Imhof, Luise Franziska Sophia von; Imhoff, Louise Francisca Sophia von; Schardt, Luise Franziska Sophie von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lady-in-waiting
DATE OF BIRTH 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH December 17, 1803
Place of death Weimar