Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer, artist, and politician, marries mistress Christiane Vulpius at Weimar in 1806.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the great German writer, artist, and politician, married his lover Christiane Vulpius on October 19, 1806, after living together quasi-maritally since 1788, much to the chagrin of the women of Weimar and the annoyance of Bettine von Arnim. Christiane Vulpius was born into a low-income household. Johann Friedrich Vulpius, Weimar's official archivist. Christiane was the one lady who would transform the life of the most famous writer of his generation by becoming his wife and the mother of his children.
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