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Johanna Christiana Sophie Vulpius von Goethe (1 June 1765 – 6 June 1816) was the longtime lover and later wife of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Biography. Vulpius spent her childhood in Luthergasse, one of the oldest parts of Weimar. Her paternal ancestors had been academics for several generations.
- Christiane Vulpius’ Family Background
- When Goethe Met Christiane
- From Concubinage to Real Marriage
- The Misinterpretation of Goethe’s Relation to Christiane
Christiane Vulpius came from a poor family. Her father Johann Friedrich Vulpius, official archivist in Weimar, i.e. file copyist, had studied law for several semesters, but discontinued his studies. His job was badly paid, the family lived in very precarious conditions, especially since his father did everything to make it possible for his eldest s...
Christiane was the one woman that should change the life of the most prominent writer of his age to become his wife and the mother of his children. And they should only meet by chance. Christiane Vulpius was a comely damsel of 23 years when Goethe met her, with golden curling locks, rosy cheeks, laughing eyes and a neatly rounded figure. She met Go...
Goethe took the young woman into his house together with her half-sister Ernestine and her aunt Juliane; the two women’s sphere of influence was completely limited to the house and garden. The Weimar court and society rejected the illegitimate and improper connection, so that Goethe, on the advice of the duke, had to leave the house at the Frauenpl...
Nothing in Goethe’s life has been so misunderstood and misrepresented as his relations with Christiane Vulpius. She was always treated as a wife, and very much better than most wives, the two being united by bonds more indissoluble than those of the church. Christiane was from a much lower rank in society; but she understood Goethe’s nature as no o...
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English: Note: A portrait traditionally believed to be a likeness of Christiane Vulpius is nowadays seen as portrait of the actress Friederike Vohs. See Category:Friederike Vohs.
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Knaup, Herbert, * 23.3.1956, German actor, half length, as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in the movie 'Die Braut' (The Bride), 1999, with the German actress Veronica Ferres (starring as Goethe's wife Christiane Vulpius), Stock Photo https://www.alamy.com/image-license-details/?v=1 https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-knaup-herbert-2331956-german ...
