Charlotte von Ahlefeld, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Charlotte von Ahlefeld

German novelist

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1781

Date of Death: 27-Jul-1849

Profession: writer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Charlotte von Ahlefeld

  • Charlotte Sophie Luise Wilhelmine von Ahlefeld (December 6, 1781 – July 27, 1849) was a German novelist. Von Ahlefeld was born in Ottmannshausen, near Erfurt, as Charlotte von Seebach, to a noble family of Hanover.
  • She began to write at a young age, with her first novel appearing in 1797, and attracted positive comments from Goethe.
  • She married Johann Ritter von Ahlefeld, a landowner from Schleswig, on May 21, 1798.
  • They separated in 1807, but she continued to live in Schleswig until 1821, when she moved to Weimar and befriended Charlotte von Stein.
  • In 1846 she went to the spa town of Teplitz in Bohemia due to declining health, and died there in 1849.
  • She wrote some of her novels under the pen name Elise Selbig, and some poetry under the name Natalia.

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