Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Cäcilie (1817-1853)

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Cäcilie

AMATEUR SINGER (GERMANY)

BORN 10 Oct 1817, Lyon - DIED 25 Sep 1853, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen
BIRTH NAME Jeanrenaud, Cécile Charlotte Sophie
GRAVE LOCATION Frankfurt am Main, Hessen: Hauptfriedhof (Gewann E, 172)

Cécile Jeanrenaud was the younger daughter of August Jeanrenaud (1788-1819), the preacher of the French Reformed Church in Frankfurt am Main. Her mother was Elisabeth, born Souchay (1796-1871). She was born in Lyon, when her family stayed there because of her father's bad health. In 1818 they returned to Frankfurt am Main, where her father died in 1819. After his death she lived with her mother and her four siblings at the Alte Mainzer Gasse.

On 4 May 1836 she performed as a soprano in a concert of the Cäcilien Choir and there she met Félix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, who replaced a friend as the conductor of the choir. Menelssohn proposed on 9 September 1836 during a forest picnic. Her family thought that she could get a better match, but she accepted him and on 28 March 1837 they married in the French Reformed Church.

The couple settled in Leipzig and had five children between 1838 and 1845. After Félix died in 1847 she fell ill herself. She lived with her children with the family of her husband in Berlin. In 1853 she died during a visit to Frankfurt am Main and she was buried in the Jeanrenaud family grave at the Hauptfriedhof.

Family
• Husband: Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix (1837-1847, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen: Französisch-reformierten Kirche)

Related persons
• was painted by Magnus, Eduard

Events

Images
The grave of Caecilie Mendelssohn-Bartholdy at the Hauptfriedhof, Frankfurt am Main. Picture by Androom (30 Apr 2013)	The grave of Caecilie Mendelssohn-Bartholdy at the Hauptfriedhof, Frankfurt am Main. Picture by Androom (30 Apr 2013)