Wagner family tree
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The family of the composer
Richard Wagner
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner, * 1770 † 1813, police actuary,
∞ 1798 Johanna Rosine Pätz * 1778 † 1848, daughter of a baker (after being widowed, in 1814 she married the painter Ludwig Geyer
* 1779 † 1821, whose rumoured paternity of Richard Wagner is neither substantiated nor eliminated).
: The Wagner Clan: The Saga of Germany's Most Illustrious and Infamous Family. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007. ISBN 0-87113-975-8
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner, * 1770 † 1813, police actuary,
∞ 1798 Johanna Rosine Pätz * 1778 † 1848, daughter of a baker (after being widowed, in 1814 she married the painter Ludwig Geyer
Ludwig Geyer
Ludwig Geyer was a German actor, playwright and painter.Born in Eisleben, he was the stepfather of composer Richard Wagner, whose biological father had died some six months after his birth...
* 1779 † 1821, whose rumoured paternity of Richard Wagner is neither substantiated nor eliminated).
- Albert Wagner, * 1799 † 1874, opera singer and stage director,
∞ 1828 Elise Gollmann, * 1800 † 1864,- Franziska Wagner, * 1829 † 1895,
∞ 1854 Alexander RitterAlexander RitterAlexander Sascha Ritter was a German composer and violinist.He was born in Narva, Estonia. He studied in Frankfurt am Main under Joachim Raff. In 1854 he married Wagner's niece Franziska...
* 1833 † 1896, musician and composer - Marie Wagner, * 1831 † 1876,
∞ 1851 Karl Jacoby, merchant - Johanna Wagner (adopted), * 1826 † 1894, daughter of Eduard Freiherr von Bock von Wülfingen, opera singer and actress,
∞ 1859 Alfred Jachmann, * 1829 † 1918, district administrator
- Franziska Wagner, * 1829 † 1895,
- Carl Gustav Wagner, * 1801 † 1802
- Rosalie Wagner, * 1803 † 1837, actress,
∞ 1836 Oswald Marbach, * 1810 † 1890, university professor - Carl Julius Wagner, * 1804 † 1862
- Luise Wagner, * 1805 † 1872, actress,
∞ 1828 Friedrich Brockhaus,* 1800 † 1865, publisher - Klara Wagner, * 1807 † 1875, opera singer,
∞ 1829 Heinrich Wolfram, * 1800 † 1874, opera singer, later a merchant - Maria Theresia Wagner, * 1809 † 1814
- Ottilie Wagner, * 1811 † 1883,
∞ 1836 Hermann BrockhausHermann BrockhausHermann Brockhaus was a German Orientalist born in Amsterdam. He was a leading authority on Sanskrit and Persian languages...
, * 1806 † 1877, orientalist - Richard WagnerRichard WagnerWilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, conductor, theatre director, philosopher, music theorist, poet, essayist and writer primarily known for his operas...
, * 1813 † 1883, composer,
∞ 1. 1836 Minna PlanerMinna PlanerChristine Wilhelmine "Minna" Planer was a German actress and the first wife of composer Richard Wagner to whom she was married for 30 years, although for the last 10 years they often lived apart. Seduced at an early age by an Army officer, she had an illegitimate daughter, who was brought up as...
, * 1809 † 1866, actress
∞ 2. 1870 Cosima Liszt, * 1837 † 1930, daughter of Franz LisztFranz LisztFranz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
and Marie d'AgoultMarie d'AgoultMarie Catherine Sophie de Flavigny, Vicomtesse de Flavigny , was a French author, known also by her married name and title, Marie, Comtesse d'Agoult, and by her pen name, Daniel Stern....
, divorced in 1870 from the conductor Hans von BülowHans von BülowHans Guido Freiherr von Bülow was a German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer of the Romantic era. He was one of the most famous conductors of the 19th century, and his activity was critical for establishing the successes of several major composers of the time, including Richard...
, mother of three children (after two other children with von Bülow):- Isolde Ludowitz von Bülow, * 1865 † 1919,
∞ 1900 Franz Beidler, * 1872 † 1930, music director- Franz Wilhelm Beidler, * 1901 † 1981
- Eva von Bülow, * 1867 † 1942,
∞ 1908 Houston Stewart ChamberlainHouston Stewart ChamberlainHouston Stewart Chamberlain was a British-born German author of books on political philosophy, natural science and the German composer Richard Wagner. He later became a German citizen. Chamberlain married Wagner's daughter, Eva, some years after Wagner's death...
, * 1855 † 1927, author - Siegfried WagnerSiegfried WagnerSiegfried Wagner was a German composer and conductor, the son of Richard Wagner. He was an opera composer and the artistic director of the Bayreuth Festival from 1908 to 1930.-Life:...
, * 1869 † 1930, composer, conductor and stage director,
∞ 1915 Winifred Marjorie WilliamsWinifred WagnerWinifred Wagner was an English woman married to Siegfried Wagner, Richard Wagner's son. She was the effective head of the Wagner family from 1930 to 1945, and a close friend of German dictator Adolf Hitler....
, * 1897 † 1980, adopted daughter of the pianist Karl KlindworthKarl KlindworthKarl Klindworth was a German composer, pianist, conductor, violinist and music publisher.-Biography:Klindworth was born at Hanover in 1830. For a time he conducted a traveling opera troupe, but settled in Hanover as a teacher and composer. From there he went to Weimar, 1852, and studied the piano...
- Wieland WagnerWieland WagnerWieland Wagner was a German opera director.- Life :Wieland was the elder of two sons of Siegfried and Winifred Wagner and grandson of composer Richard Wagner....
, * 1917 † 1966, stage director,
∞ 1941 Gertrud Reissinger, * 1916 † 1998, dancer and choreographer- Iris Wagner, * 1942
- Wolf-Siegfried Wagner, * 1943,
∞ 1. Malo Osthoff
∞ 2. Eleonore Gräfin Lehndorff- Joy Olivia Wagner
- Nike WagnerNike WagnerNike Wagner is the director of an arts festival held annually at Weimar, Germany , and a noteworthy collaborator in the Bayreuth Festival, founded in 1876 by Richard Wagner, her paternal great-grandfather...
, * 1945, dramaturg and publicist,
∞ 1. Jean Launay
∞ 2. Jürg Stenzl, * 1942, musicologist- Louise Launay
- Daphne Wagner, * 1946, actress
∞ 1. Udo ProkschUdo ProkschUdo Proksch was an Austrian businessman and industrialist. In 1991, he was convicted of the murder of six people as part of a major insurance fraud. Proksch died in prison....
, * 1934 † 2001 businessman and industrialist (murderer convicted in the Lucona case)
∞ 2. Tilman Spengler, * 1947 author and publisher
- Friedelind Wagner, * 1918 † 1991
- Wolfgang WagnerWolfgang WagnerWolfgang Wagner was a German opera director. He is best known as the director of the Bayreuth Festival, a position he initially assumed alongside his brother Wieland in 1951 until the latter's death in 1966...
, * 1919 † 2010, stage director,- ∞ 1943 Ellen Drexel, * 1919 † 2002, divorced 1976;
- Eva Wagner-PasquierEva Wagner-PasquierEva Wagner-Pasquier is a German opera manager. She is the daughter of Wolfgang Wagner and Ellen Drexel...
, * 1945, theatre manager,
∞ Yves Pasquier, film producer- Antoine Amadeus Pasquier, * 1982
- Gottfried WagnerGottfried WagnerGottfried Wagner is a multimedia director and publicist.Gottfried Wagner is the son of Wolfgang Wagner and a great-grandchild of Richard Wagner. His PhD is about Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. He has concentrated on German culture and politics, as well as Jewish history of the 19th and 20th...
, * 1947, musicologist,
∞ 1. Beatrix Kraus
∞ 2. Teresina Rosetti- Eugenio Wagner
- Eva Wagner-Pasquier
- ∞ 1976 Gudrun Mack-ArmannGudrun WagnerGudrun Wagner was the wife of Wolfgang Wagner, sole director of the Bayreuth Festival since 1967. Her behind-the-scenes influence led her to be considered virtual co-director.-Biography:...
, * 1944 † 2007- Katharina WagnerKatharina WagnerKatharina Wagner is a German opera stage-director and co-director of the Bayreuth Festival. She is the daughter of Wolfgang Wagner, great-granddaughter of Richard Wagner and great-great granddaughter of Hungarian composer Ferenc Liszt.She notably staged Der fliegende Holländer in Würzburg and...
, * 1978, stage director
- Katharina Wagner
- ∞ 1943 Ellen Drexel, * 1919 † 2002, divorced 1976;
- Verena WagnerVerena WagnerVerena Wagner is the fourth child and youngest daughter of Winifred and Siegfried Wagner and the granddaughter of German composer Richard Wagner....
, * 1920,
∞ 1943 Bodo LafferentzBodo LafferentzBodo Lafferentz was a member of the Nazi Party from 1933 and an SS-Obersturmbannführer from 1939. He served in World War I and received the Iron Cross 2nd Class in 1916....
, * 1897 † 1974, Nazi Party member and SS Obersturmbannführer- Amélie Lafferentz, * 1944,
∞ Manfred Hohmann- Christopher Hohmann
- Manfred Lafferentz, * 1945,
∞ Gunhild Mix- Leif Lafferentz
- Winifred Lafferentz, * 1947,
∞ Paul Arminjon- Wendy Arminjon
- Mathias Arminjon
- Wieland Lafferentz, * 1949,
∞ Isabella Weiß - Verena Maja Lafferentz, jazz singer
- Verena Lafferentz, * 1952,
∞ Tilo Schnekenburger
- Amélie Lafferentz, * 1944,
- Wieland Wagner
- Isolde Ludowitz von Bülow, * 1865 † 1919,
Sources
Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language Wikipedia article (retrieved September, 2007).Further reading
Carr, JonathanJonathan Carr (writer)
Jonathan Carr was a British journalist and author, who lived and worked primarily in Germany.He was born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire....
: The Wagner Clan: The Saga of Germany's Most Illustrious and Infamous Family. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007. ISBN 0-87113-975-8
