Charlotte Luise Antoinette von Schiller, born Charlotte von Lengefeld was the wife of German poet Friedrich Schiller.
Background
Lengefeld was born in Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, to an upper-class family, and given an education appropriate to a life at the ducal court of Weimar. Though her father, who died when she was a young girl, had been a forest administrator, in her young adulthood she was introduced to the literary circles of Weimar.
Career
Stein confided in her throughout her complex relationship with Goethe. Her first love was a soldier, but after her family"s opposition the engagement was dropped.
Views
She became friendly with Charlotte von Stein, who was at the center of the circle of Weimar Classicism as a friend of Schiller and sometime mistress of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.