The family of the

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

Family of Carl Friedrich Wagner

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner (1770–1813), a police actuary
∞ 1798 Johanna Rosine Pätz (1778–1848), daughter of a baker (after being widowed, in 1814 she becaome the partner of the painter, actor and writer

Ludwig Geyer Ludwig Heinrich Christian Geyer (21 January 1779 – 30 September 1821) was a German actor, playwright, and painter. Life and career Born in Eisleben, he was the stepfather of composer Richard Wagner, whose biological father had died some six ...

(1779–1821), whose rumoured paternity of Richard Wagner is neither substantiated nor disproved). # Albert Wagner (1799–1874), opera singer and stage director
∞ 1828 Elise Gollmann (1800–1864) ## Franziska Wagner (1829–1895)
∞ 1854 Alexander Ritter (1833–1896), musician and composer ## Marie Wagner (1831–1876)
∞ 1851 Karl Jacoby, merchant ##

Johanna Wagner Johanna Jachmann-Wagner or Johanna Wagner (13 October 1828 – 16 October 1894) was a mezzo-soprano singer, tragédienne in theatrical drama, and teacher of singing and theatrical performance who won great distinction in Europe during the third ...

(adopted) (1828–1894), daughter of Eduard Freiherr von Bock von Wülfingen, opera singer and actress
∞ 1859 Alfred Jachmann (1829–1918), district administrator # Carl Gustav Wagner (1801–1802) # Rosalie Wagner (1803–1837), actress
∞ 1836 Oswald Marbach (1810–1890), university professor # Carl Julius Wagner (1804–1862) # Luise Wagner (1805–1872), actress
∞ 1828 (1800–1865), publisher # Klara Wagner (1807–1875), opera singer
∞ 1829 Heinrich Wolfram (1800–1874), opera singer, later a merchant # Maria Theresia Wagner (1809–1814) # Ottilie Wagner (1811–1883)
∞ 1836

Hermann Brockhaus Hermann Brockhaus (January 28, 1806 – January 5, 1877) was a German Orientalist born in Amsterdam. He was a leading authority on Sanskrit and Persian languages. He was the son of publisher Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus and brother-in-law to ...

(1806–1877), orientalist #

(1813–1883), composer
∞ 1. 1836

Minna Planer Christine Wilhelmine "Minna" Planer (5 September 180925 January 1866) was a German actress and the first wife of composer Richard Wagner, to whom she was married for 30 years, although for the last 10 years they often lived apart. At an early age, ...

(1809–1866), actress
∞ 2. 1870

Cosima Liszt Francesca Gaetana Cosima Wagner ( née Liszt; 24 December 1837 – 1 April 1930) was the daughter of the Hungarian composer and pianist Franz Liszt and Franco-German romantic author Marie d'Agoult. She became the second wife of the German com ...

(1837–1930), daughter of

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt, in modern usage ''Liszt Ferenc'' . Liszt's Hungarian passport spelled his given name as "Ferencz". An orthographic reform of the Hungarian language in 1922 (which was 36 years after Liszt's death) changed the letter "cz" to simpl ...

and

Marie d'Agoult Marie Cathérine Sophie, Comtesse d'Agoult (née de Flavigny; 31 December 18055 March 1876), was a Franco-German romantic author and historian, known also by her pen name, Daniel Stern. Life Marie was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with th ...

, divorced in 1870 from the conductor

Hans von Bülow Freiherr Hans Guido von Bülow (8 January 1830 – 12 February 1894) was a German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer of the Romantic era. As one of the most distinguished conductors of the 19th century, his activity was critical for es ...

, mother of five children (including Cosima's two daughters with Bülow, Blandine and Daniela, Wagner's step-children): ## Isolde Ludowitz von Bülow (1865–1919)
∞ 1900 (1872–1930), music director ### (1901–1981) ## Eva von Bülow (1867–1942)
∞ 1908

Houston Stewart Chamberlain Houston Stewart Chamberlain (; 9 September 1855 – 9 January 1927) was a British-German philosopher who wrote works about political philosophy and natural science. His writing promoted German ethnonationalism, antisemitism, and scientific ra ...

(1855–1927), author ##

Siegfried Wagner Siegfried Helferich Richard Wagner (6 June 18694 August 1930) was a German composer and conductor, the son of Richard Wagner. He was an opera composer and the artistic director of the Bayreuth Festival from 1908 to 1930. Life Siegfried Wagner ...

(1869–1930), composer, conductor and stage director
∞ 1915 Winifred Marjorie Williams (1897–1980), adopted daughter of the pianist

Karl Klindworth Karl Klindworth (25 September 183027 July 1916) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, violinist and music publisher. He was one of Franz Liszt's pupils and later one of his closest disciples and friends, being also on friendly terms ...

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Wieland Wagner Wieland Wagner (5 January 1917 – 17 October 1966) was a German opera director, grandson of Richard Wagner. As co-director of the Bayreuth Festival when it re-opened after World War II, he was noted for innovative new stagings of the operas, depa ...

(1917–1966), stage director
∞ 1941 Gertrud Reissinger (1916–1998), dancer and choreographer #### (1942–2014) #### (born 1943),
∞ 1. Malo Osthoff
∞ 2. Eleonore Gräfin Lehndorff ##### Joy Olivia Wagner ####

Nike Wagner Nike Wagner () (born 9 June 1945) is a German dramaturge, arts administrator and author. She directed the festival , and has been the director of the Beethovenfest from 2014. The daughter of Wieland Wagner, she is a great-granddaughter of Richar ...

(born 1945), dramaturg and publicist,
∞ 1. Jean Launay
∞ 2.

Jürg Stenzl Jürg Thomas Stenzl (born 23 August 1942) is a Swiss musicologist, and University professor. Life Born in Basel, Stenzl began his musical education in 1949, first took flute and violin lessons. From 1961 he studied oboe with Walter Huwyler and ...

(born 1942), musicologist ##### Louise Launay #### Daphne Wagner (born 1946), actress
∞ 1.

Udo Proksch Udo Proksch (29 May 1934 in Rostock, Germany – 27 June 2001 in Graz, Austria) was an Austrian businessman and industrialist. In 1991, he was convicted of the murder of six people as part of a major insurance fraud. Proksch died in prison. ' ...

(1934–2001) businessman and industrialist (murderer convicted in the Lucona case)
∞ 2. Tilman Spengler (born 1947) author and publisher ###

Friedelind Wagner Friedelind Wagner (29 March 1918 – 8 May 1991) was the elder daughter of German opera composer Siegfried Wagner and his English wife, Winifred Williams and the granddaughter of the composer Richard Wagner. She was also the great-granddaughte ...

(1918–1991) ###

Wolfgang Wagner Wolfgang Wagner (30 August 191921 March 2010) was a German opera director. He is best known as the director (Festspielleiter) of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's ...

(1919–2010), stage director, #### ∞ 1943 Ellen Drexel (1919–2002), divorced 1976 ##### Eva Wagner-Pasquier (born 1945), theatre manager
∞ Yves Pasquier, film producer ###### Antoine Amadeus Wagner-Pasquier (born 1982) #####

Gottfried Wagner __NOTOC__ Gottfried Wagner (born 13 April 1947 in Bayreuth) is a multimedia director and publicist. Gottfried Wagner is the son of Wolfgang Wagner and a great-grandchild of Richard Wagner. His PhD is about Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. He h ...

(born 1947), musicologist
∞ 1. Beatrix Kraus
∞ 2. Teresina Rosetti ###### Eugenio Wagner (born 1987) #### ∞ 1976 Gudrun Mack-Armann (1944–2007) #####

Katharina Wagner Katharina Wagner (born 21 May 1978 in Bayreuth) is a German opera stage director and is the director of the Bayreuth Festival. She is the daughter of Wolfgang Wagner and Gudrun Wagner (née Armann), great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner, and gr ...

(born 1978), stage director ### Verena Wagner (1920–2019)
∞ 1943

Bodo Lafferentz Bodo Lafferentz (27 July 1897 – 17 January 1974) was a member of the Nazi Party from 1933 and an '' SS-Obersturmbannführer'' (Lieutenant Colonel) from 1939. In 1937, he was made a manager along with Ferdinand Porsche and Jakob Werlin of the '' ...

(1897–1974),

Nazi Party The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (german: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right politics, far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that crea ...

member and SS Obersturmbannführer #### Amélie Lafferentz (born 1944)
∞ Manfred Hohmann ##### Christopher Hohmann #### Manfred Lafferentz (born 1945)
∞ Gunhild Mix ##### Leif Henning Lafferentz (born 1979) #### Winifred Lafferentz (born 1947)
∞ Paul Arminjon ##### Wendy Arminjon (born 1973) ##### Mathias Arminjon (born 1981) #### Wieland Lafferentz (born 1949)
∞ Isabella Weiß ##### Verena Maja Lafferentz (born 1981), jazz singer #### Verena Lafferentz (born 1952)
∞ Tilo Schnekenburger

Family of Ludwig Geyer

The widowed Johanna Wagner, became the partner of Ludwig Geyer in 1814. It is assumed that they married although no evidence has been found of this. It has been speculated that Geyer was Richard Wagner's biological father. Ludwig Geyer (1779–1821) ∞? 1815 Johanna Wagner #Caecilie Geyer (1815–1893)
∞ Eduard Avenarius (1809-1885) ##

Richard Avenarius Richard Ludwig Heinrich Avenarius (19 November 1843 – 18 August 1896) was a German-Swiss philosopher. He formulated the radical positivist doctrine of "empirical criticism" or empirio-criticism. Life Avenarius attended the Nicolaischule in L ...

(1843–1896) ### (1887–1954) ##

Ferdinand Avenarius Ferdinand Avenarius (20 December 1856, in Berlin – 22 September 1923, in Kampen) was a German lyric poet, a leading representative of the culture reform movement of his time and the first popularizer of Sylt. Life Avenarius was born in Berlin. ...

(1856–1923)

External links

Wagner Family Tree

Wagner Family Tree (English)
{{Authority control German families

Family of Carl Friedrich Wagner

Family of Ludwig Geyer

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Further reading

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