Friedrich Schiller
Friedrich Schiller
Portrait of Schiller by Ludovike Simanowiz (1794)
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a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), he developed a friendship with the already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Born
Johann Christoph Friedrich Schiller 10 November 1759 Marbach am Neckar, Duchy of Württemberg
Died
9 May 1805 (aged 45) Weimar, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar
Nationality
German
Occupation
Poet, playwright, writer, historian, philosopher
adultbasic
Germany
Children
Karl Ludwig Friedrich (1793–1857) Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm (1796–1841) Karoline Luise Friederike (1799–1850) Emilie Henriette Luise (1804–1872)
era
1600-1800
Literary movement
Sturm und Drang, Weimar Classicism
Notable works
The Robbers Don Carlos Wallenstein Trilogy Mary Stuart Ode to Joy William Tell
Relatives
Johann Kaspar Schiller (father) Elisabeth Dorothea Schiller, born Kodweiß (mother) Christophine Reinwald (sister)
Spouse
Charlotte von Lengefeld ( m. 1790)