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 The grave of Malwida von Meysenbug at the Cimitero Acattolico, Rome. Picture by Androom (23 Jan 2010) |
Meysenbug, Malvida, Freiin von |
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BORN 28 Oct 1816, Kassel, Hessen - DIED 29 Apr 1903, Roma GRAVE LOCATION Roma, Lazio: Cimitero Acattolico, Via Caio Cestio 6 (Zona Prima, 603-1) |
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Daughter of Carl Rivalier, who descended from Huguenots and became
Baron of Meysenbug under Wilhelm I of Hessen-Kassel. She was
the ninth of ten children. She had democratic sympathies and
she supported the ideas of the revolution of 1848. This forced
her to leave Berlin in 1852. She went to England where she worked
as a tutor for the daughters of Alexander von Herzen. In London
she met several political refugees, among them A.A. Ledru-Rollin
and G. Kinkel. In 1862 she went to Italy with Olga, one of Alexander's daughters. She settled in Rome in 1875. She visited Richard Wagner several times in Bayreuth and she befriended Nietzsche and introduced him to Helene von Druskowitz. She published several volumes of memoirs. Related persons • worked for Herzen, Aleksandr Ivanovitsj • was a friend of Liszt, Franz • visited Wagner, Richard Sources • Wikipedia (English) |
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The grave of Malwida von Meysenbug at the Cimitero Acattolico, Rome. Picture by Androom (23 Jan 2010) |
