Baroness, Karoline Henriette Susanne Friederike von Feuchtersleben (full name: Karoline Henriette Susanne Friederike von Feuchtersleben; 12 October 17741842), was a German noblewoman and Lady-in-waiting to
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Hildburghausen (17 June 1787 Hildburghausen – 12 December 1847 Bamberg) was the child of Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and his wife, Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. She was the wife of Prince Pau ...
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Life
She was born as a daughter of Adjunct General of
Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen (21 August 1681 in Gotha – 9 March 1724 in Hildburghausen), was a duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen.
He was the eldest son of Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen and Countess Sophie Henriette of Wald ...
, Christoph von Feuchtersleben and his wife Rosalie Marie. They were of an old
Saxon
The Saxons ( la, Saxones, german: Sachsen, ang, Seaxan, osx, Sahson, nds, Sassen, nl, Saksen) were a group of Germanic
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
noble family.
From 1798 she held the position of Lady-In-Waiting to
Princess, Charlotte von Hildburghausen and because of this developed a close romantic relationship with writer
Jean Paul
Jean Paul (; born Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, 21 March 1763 – 14 November 1825) was a German Romantic writer, best known for his humorous novels and stories.
Life and work
Jean Paul was born at Wunsiedel, in the Fichtelgebirge mountain ...
who was invited to Hildeburghausen by Princess Charlotte.
In July 1799 Paul declared his love for Feuchtersleben in a letter and in October of the same year both became secretly engaged, this engagement didn't last long when von Feuchtersleben's mother wasn't happy with her marrying someone of a lower class and income.
In October 1817, Karoline von Feuchtersleben married Karl Christoph von Grundherr von Altenthann (1777 – 1831), from one of the oldest
patrican families, who was four years her junior. Karl was a Ducal Saxony-Hildburghausen Legation Counselor, a tutor to Princes George, Friedrich and Eduard von Hildburghausen, later Higher Regional Court and Consistorial Counselor
She died in 1842 in Hildeburghausen.
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von Feuchtersleben Family
1774 births
1842 deaths
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