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Marie-Elisabeth von Humboldt was born on December 8, 1741 in Berlin and died on November 19, 1796 at Tegel Castle.Born Colomb, widow von Holwede, she was the mother of Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt, born from the union with Alexander Georg von Humboldt her second husband.
German noble family, with title Baron . Famous for two explorers. Famous for two explorers. Humboldt University named after family in Berlin , as well as a mountain in South America.
Kunth was a close confidant of Alexander Georg von Humboldt, the head of the family. After Humboldt's early death in 1779, Kunth assumed the responsibility of advising his widow, Marie-Elisabeth, and managing her estate. After her death, Kunth served as executor of her will and trustee for her two sons.
Alexander von Humboldt was born in Berlin in Prussia on 14 September 1769. [19] He was baptized as a baby in the Lutheran faith, with the Duke of Brunswick serving as godfather. [20] His father, Alexander Georg von Humboldt (1720-1779), belonged to a prominent German noble family from Pomerania.
von Humboldt may refer to: Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), Prussian naturalist and explorer; Caroline von Humboldt (1766–1829), German salonnière and art ...
Schloss Tegel, 2005. The Schloss Tegel or Humboldt-Schloss is a country house in Tegel, part of the Reinickendorf district of the German capital Berlin. [1] The brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt spent much of their childhood in a former schloss on the site and on the estate, which extends almost as far as Lake Tegel.
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The family then moved to Berlin for two years then to Frankfurt am Main. Gabriele von Humboldt aged seven (right) with her sister Adelheid, to whom she was particularly close. On 30 October 1816 Gabriele became engaged to her father's secretary Heinrich von Bülow, though the marriage only occurred years later. Gabriele spent two more years in ...