Marie von Brühl
Marie Sophie Gräfin von Brühl (Countess Marie Sophie von Brühl; 3 June 1779 – 28 January 1836) was a member of the noble German von Brühl family originating in Thuringia. Despite her own career as a patron of the arts in Berlin, she is known for editing and publishing the work of her husband Carl von Clausewitz, especially his military treatise On War.
Life and career
She was born in Warsaw.
She was a talented painter and patron of the arts.[1] She was close friends with novelists Bettina von Arnim and Sophie von Schwerin.[1]
On 17 December 1810, she married Carl von Clausewitz, whom she first met in 1803.
She edited and published several of his books in the years 1832-34 after his death from cholera in 1831, including his most famous one, On War.[2] Additionally, von Brühl wrote a preface to On War.
Family
Her paternal grandfather was Heinrich von Brühl, a Polish-Saxon statesman.
Legacy
Her portrait of Prussian Field marshal August Neidhardt von Gneisenau is in the collection of Deutsches Historisches Museum.[1]
Notes
Regarding personal names: Gräfin is a title, translated as Countess, not a first or middle name. The masculine form is Graf.
References
Bibliography
- Bellinger, Vanya Eftimova. Marie Von Clausewitz: The Woman Behind the Making of On War. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. ISBN 9780190225438
- Schwartz, Karl. Leben des generals Carl von Clausewitz und der frau Marie von Clausewitz geb. gräfin von Brühl. Berlin: F. Dümmler, 1878. OCLC 14126327
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