Christine Wilhelmine Planer (1809 - 1866)

Born 5 Sep 1809 in Oederan, Königreich Sachsen, Rheinbund

Wife of Wilhelm Richard Wagner — married 24 Nov 1836 in Königsberg, Provinz Preußen, Königreich Preußen

Died 25 Jan 1866 at age 56 in Dresden, Königreich Sachsen, Deutscher Bund

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Biography

Wilhelmine, later mostly known as Minna, was born in 1809 in Oederan in the Kingdom of Saxony. At age 15 she was seduced, perhaps raped,^[1] by a Ernst Rudolf von Einsiedel, a Saxon officer, leaving her with a daughter Natalie who was raised as her sister.
After a tumultuous engagement period she married Richard Wagner in 1836 in Königsberg. The marriage remained childless purportedly after a miscarriage suffered in 1839 during an accident.^[2] The marriage was not a happy one and the couple spent much time apart. However, Minna refused a divorce until her death in 1866.^[3][4]

Sources

1. ↑ Richard Wagner writes "Halb Gewalt, halb Verführung brachte sie in seine Gewalt" - Half force, half seduction brought her under his power. Quoted in: Die Familie Wagner, Brigitte Hamann, rowohlt e-book, pp. 13/14
2. ↑ This is based solely on a note from her daughter Natalie recorded much later. Quoted in: Die Familie Wagner, Brigitte Hamann, rowohlt e-book, p. 15
3. ↑ Minna Planer (1809 – 1866), Wagner200
4. ↑ Minna Wagner, de.wikipedia.org

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