Wagner family tree

Richard Wagner and family in 1881.
Left to right, top row: Blandine von Bülow, Heinrich von Stein (Siegfried's tutor), Cosima Wagner, Richard Wagner, Paul von Joukowsky (family friend); bottom row: Isolde, Daniela von Bülow, Eva, Siegfried.

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).

1. Albert Wagner, * 1799 † 1874, opera singer and stage director,
   ∞ 1828 Elise Gollmann, * 1800 † 1864,
   1. Franziska Wagner, * 1829 † 1895,
      ∞ 1854 Alexander Ritter * 1833 † 1896, musician and composer
   2. Marie Wagner, * 1831 † 1876,
      ∞ 1851 Karl Jacoby, merchant
   3. Johanna Wagner (adopted), * 1826 † 1894, daughter of Eduard Freiherr von Bock von Wülfingen, opera singer and actress,
      ∞ 1859 Alfred Jachmann, * 1829 † 1918, district administrator
2. Carl Gustav Wagner, * 1801 † 1802
3. Rosalie Wagner, * 1803 † 1837, actress,
   ∞ 1836 Oswald Marbach, * 1810 † 1890, university professor
4. Carl Julius Wagner, * 1804 † 1862
5. Luise Wagner, * 1805 † 1872, actress,
   ∞ 1828 Friedrich Brockhaus,* 1800 † 1865, publisher
6. Klara Wagner, * 1807 † 1875, opera singer,
   ∞ 1829 Heinrich Wolfram, * 1800 † 1874, opera singer, later a merchant
7. Maria Theresia Wagner, * 1809 † 1814
8. Ottilie Wagner, * 1811 † 1883,
   ∞ 1836 Hermann Brockhaus, * 1806 † 1877, orientalist
9. Richard Wagner, * 1813 † 1883, composer,
   ∞ 1. 1836 Minna Planer, * 1809 † 1866, actress
   ∞ 2. 1870 Cosima Liszt, * 1837 † 1930, daughter of Franz Liszt and Marie d'Agoult, divorced in 1870 from the conductor Hans von Bülow, mother of three children (after two other children with von Bülow):
   1. Isolde Ludowitz von Bülow, * 1865 † 1919,
      ∞ 1900 Franz Beidler, * 1872 † 1930, music director
      1. Franz Wilhelm Beidler, * 1901 † 1981
   2. Eva von Bülow, * 1867 † 1942,
      ∞ 1908 Houston Stewart Chamberlain, * 1855 † 1927, author
   3. Siegfried Wagner, * 1869 † 1930, composer, conductor and stage director,
      ∞ 1915 Winifred Marjorie Williams, * 1897 † 1980, adopted daughter of the pianist Karl Klindworth
      1. Wieland Wagner, * 1917 † 1966, stage director,
         ∞ 1941 Gertrud Reissinger, * 1916 † 1998, dancer and choreographer
         1. Iris Wagner, * 1942
         2. Wolf-Siegfried Wagner, * 1943,
            ∞ 1. Malo Osthoff
            ∞ 2. Eleonore Gräfin Lehndorff
            1. Joy Olivia Wagner
         3. Nike Wagner, * 1945, dramaturg and publicist,
            ∞ 1. Jean Launay
            ∞ 2. Jürg Stenzl, * 1942, musicologist
            1. Louise Launay
         4. Daphne Wagner, * 1946, actress
            ∞ 1. Udo Proksch, * 1934 † 2001 businessman and industrialist (murderer convicted in the Lucona case)
            ∞ 2. Tilman Spengler, * 1947 author and publisher
      2. Friedelind Wagner, * 1918 † 1991
      3. Wolfgang Wagner, * 1919 † 2010, stage director,
         1. ∞ 1943 Ellen Drexel, * 1919 † 2002, divorced 1976;
            1. Eva Wagner-Pasquier, * 1945, theatre manager,
               ∞ Yves Pasquier, film producer
               1. Antoine Amadeus Pasquier, * 1982
            2. Gottfried Wagner, * 1947, musicologist,
               ∞ 1. Beatrix Kraus
               ∞ 2. Teresina Rosetti
               1. Eugenio Wagner
         2. ∞ 1976 Gudrun Mack-Armann, * 1944 † 2007
            1. Katharina Wagner, * 1978, stage director
      4. Verena Wagner, * 1920,
         ∞ 1943 Bodo Lafferentz, * 1897 † 1974, Nazi Party member and SS Obersturmbannführer
         1. Amélie Lafferentz, * 1944,
            ∞ Manfred Hohmann
            1. Christopher Hohmann
         2. Manfred Lafferentz, * 1945,
            ∞ Gunhild Mix
            1. Leif Lafferentz
         3. Winifred Lafferentz, * 1947,
            ∞ Paul Arminjon
            1. Wendy Arminjon
            2. Mathias Arminjon
         4. Wieland Lafferentz, * 1949,
            ∞ Isabella Weiß
         5. Verena Maja Lafferentz, jazz singer
         6. Verena Lafferentz, * 1952,
            ∞ Tilo Schnekenburger

Family tree

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner (1770-1813) police actuary

Johanna Rosine Pätz (1778-1848)

Ludwig Geyer (1779-1821) painter

Albert Wagner (1799-1874) opera singer and stage director

Elise Gollman (1800-1864)

Carl Gustav Wagner (1801-1802)

Rosalie Wagner (1803-1837) actress

Oswald Marbach (1810-1890) university professor

Carl Julius Wagner (1804-1862)

Luise Wagner (1805-1872) actress

Friedrich Brockhaus (1800-1865) publisher

Klara Wagner (1807-1875) opera singer

Heinrich Wolfram (1800-1874) opera singer, later a merchant

Maria Theresia Wagner (1809-1814)

Ottilie Wagner (1811-1883)

Hermann Brockhaus (1806-1877) orientalist

Richard Wagner (1813-1883) composer

See also

• Wagner (surname)

Sources

Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent German-language Wikipedia article (retrieved September, 2007).

Further reading

Carr, Jonathan: The Wagner Clan: The Saga of Germany's Most Illustrious and Infamous Family. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2007. ISBN 0-87113-975-8

External links

• Wagner Family Tree (German)
• Wagner Family Tree (English)