About Mathilde Wesendonck

Agnes Mathilde Wesendonck (née Luckemeyer; 23 December 182831 August 1902) was a German poet and author. The words of five of her verses were the basis of Richard Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder; the composer was infatuated with her, and his wife Minna blamed Mathilde for the break-up of their marriage.

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Mathilde Wesendonck

German poet and mistress of the composer Richard Wagner (1828–1902)

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