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Vulpius courageously opposed the invading soldiers and was able to stop the looting until Goethe received official protection from the French commander. A few days later, on 19 October 1806, Goethe and Vulpius were finally married, in the sacristy of the Jakobskirche. Christiane Vulpius
Entrance to the Jakobskirchhof Grave of Christiane von Goethe née Vulpius, Goethe's wife. The Jacobsfriedhof, also known as the Jakobskirchhof ("St. James's Burial Ground" or "Churchyard"), is the oldest extant burial ground in Weimar, Thuringia, Germany, on land round the Jakobskirche (St. James's Church). The first burials took place here as ...
Vulpius was also active as an editor. In 1797, possibly through Goethe's influence, Vulpius obtained employment at the Weimar library, of which he became chief librarian in 1806. [2] In the latter year, Goethe also formally married Christiane. Christian died at Weimar on 25 June 1827.
Vulpius is a surname, derived from Latin vulpes, "fox". [citation needed] Notable people with the surname include: Christian August Vulpius (1762–1827), German novelist and dramatist; Christiane Vulpius (1765–1816), wife of Johann Wolfgang Goethe, sister of Christian August Vulpius; Johann Samuel Vulpius (1760–1846), German botanist
In 1916 Gräf also edited Goethe's correspondence with Goethe's mistress and wife, Christiane Vulpius. At the turn of the century, Gräf became a researcher at the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel , where he assembled a collection of Goethe's printed remarks about his own poetry, a landmark work in the Goethe movement known affectionately ...
his wife (m. 1806) and former mistress Christiane von Goethe (1765–1816) née Vulpius; their son August von Goethe (born out of wedlock 25 December 1789, died 28 October 1830), and his wife Ottilie von Goethe, née von Pogwisch (31 October 1796 – 26 October 1872). Other people called Goethe, Göthe, Gothe or Göth:
Goethe had five children with Christiane Vulpius. Only their eldest son, August, survived into adulthood. One child was stillborn, while the others died early. Through his son August and daughter-in-law Ottilie, Johann had three grandchildren: Walther, Wolfgang and Alma. Alma died of typhoid fever during the outbreak in Vienna, at age 16 ...
Goethe's endorsement was a big factor behind Johanna's social success, and what greatly contributed to their friendship was the fact that Johanna was the first upper-class woman in Weimar to open the doors of her house to Christiane Vulpius, Goethe's mistress, who had hitherto been excluded from the shining social scene of the city owing not ...