Friedrich Schiller

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (November 10, 1759 – May 9, 1805), usually known as Friedrich Schiller, was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and dramatist.

Family

Friedrich von Schiller was born at Marbach, Württemberg, and died at Weimar, Saxe-Weimar.

Related Topics:
Marbach - Württemberg - Weimar - Saxe-Weimar

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Schiller was the only son, beside five sisters, of Johann Kaspar Schiller (1733-1796), and Elisabeth Dorothea Kodweiß (1732-1802). On February 22, 1790 he married Charlotte von Lengefeld (1766-1826). Four children were born between 1793 and 1804. The sons Karl and Ernst and the daughters Luise and Emilie. The grandchild of Emilie, Baron Alexander of Gleichen-Rußwurm, died in 1947 at Baden-Baden, Germany. He was the last living descendant of Schiller.

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