Charlotte Buff
Acquaintance of Goethe
Biography
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The basics
Quick Facts
| Intro | Acquaintance of Goethe | ||||
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| Birth | 11 January 1753, Wetzlar | ||||
| Death | 16 January 1828Hanover (aged 75 years) | ||||
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The details
Biography
Charlotte Buff (11 January 1753, Wetzlar – 16 January 1828, Hanover) was a youthful acquaintance of the poet Goethe, who fell in love with her. She rejected him and instead married Johann Christian Kestner, a diplomat and art collector. The character of Lotte, in Goethe's novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, is partly based on her. Their relationship was characterized by heartiness and lack of constraint. Goethe bought the wedding rings for her and Kestner, in Frankfurt am Main. Charlotte and Kestner had four daughters and eight sons, among them August Kestner.
Appearances in modern culture
- Within the 2010 German film Young Goethe in Love, the character of Charlotte Buff is portrayed by Miriam Stein.