Sophie von Schardt

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Sophie von Schardt , b. Friederike Sophie Eleonore von Bernstorff (born November 23, 1755 in Hanover , † July 30, 1819 in Weimar ) was a member of the Weimar court society in Goethe's time.

Life

Her father was Andreas von Bernstorff , vice director of the law firm in Celle , her mother was Charlotte von Holle. After the early death of her parents, Sophie was accepted into the house of her cousin, the Danish Minister of State Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff , who had made a contribution to German literature by standing up for Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock . In 1779 Sophie moved in with von Bernstorff's widow, Charitas Emilie, b. from Buchwald to Weimar.

On April 28, 1778, Sophie married the Weimar Privy Councilor Ernst Karl Konstantin von Schardt (1743–1833), the eldest brother of Charlotte von Stein .

Sophie maintained contacts with numerous Weimar friends. These included the poet and Goethe friend Karl-Ludwig von Knebel and Johann Gottfried Herder , who was very fond of her as her Greek teacher and who dedicated a few poems to her. She also had a very close relationship with the poet Zacharias Werner . Her confidante and pen pal Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg advised her on her plan to convert to the Catholic Church , which she then did at Easter 1816.

She was a welcome guest in Weimar society. Madame de Stael judged her to be one of the most likeable women in Weimar, Johann Wolfgang Goethe liked being in the company of "little Schardt", as he called her.

Sophie von Schardt wrote poetry and made translations from Italian and English into German.

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personal data
SURNAME Schardt, Sophie von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernstorff, Friederike Sophie Eleonore von (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the Weimar Court Society in Goethe's time
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1755
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1819
Place of death Weimar