Marie von Redwitz

Marie Freiin von Redwitz auf Schmölz and Theisenort (born December 9, 1856 in Schmölz , Upper Franconia , † April 11, 1933 in Munich ) was a German aristocrat and writer .

Life

Marie von Redwitz came from the formerly imperial Frankish noble family von Redwitz . She was born as the daughter of the poet Oskar von Redwitz and his wife Mathilde born from Speyer in the Palatinate . Hosher. Grandfather Ludwig von Redwitz was also based in Speyer as chief customs inspector and customs office manager and is buried there in the old cemetery .

The noblewoman held the office of lady- in- waiting for Duchess Amalie in Bavaria . About this she later published the memoirs Hofchronik 1888-1921 (Munich, 1924), which belong to the reliable historical sources about this Wittelsbach family branch Pfalz-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen and its surroundings.

In addition, Marie von Redwitz wrote novels and short stories that can be assigned to entertainment literature. Her novel Der Liebe Dornenpfad was particularly successful, with a total circulation of 120,000 copies.

siblings

Her brother Max von Redwitz (1858–1920) was a cavalry general and court master in the Wittelsbach royal house . Her sister Anna von Redwitz (1852–1924) had married the railway industrialist Otto von Kühlmann ; her son, the diplomat Richard von Kühlmann , took over the official duties of the German foreign minister during the First World War.

Works

• East and West , Berlin 1888
• Planet Calendarium, set up for the year of salvation 1908–1909 , Leipzig 1908
• Prinzen-Märchen , Munich 1911
• The love thorn path , Reutlingen 1918
• The sound of the sea and storms of the heart , Reutlingen 1918
• Court chronicle 1888–1921 , Munich 1924

Web links

• Digital scan of a historical article from the Zeitschrift für Bayerische Landesgeschichte (1929), written by Marie von Redwitz