the ledger of connections
The Connections of Friedrich Schiller
German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805) Every person recorded alongside Friedrich Schiller in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Friedrich Schiller in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Johann Kaspar Schiller, Elisabeth Dorothea Schiller
- Spouses
- Charlotte von Lengefeld
- Children
- Emilie von Gleichen-Rußwurm, Ernst von Schiller, Karl von Schiller, Caroline Junot
- Siblings
- Christophine Reinwald
- Teachers
- Balthasar Haug
- Students
- Georg Friedrich Creuzer
- Influenced by
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Pedro Calderón de la Barca
- Influenced
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Alexander Pushkin, Ayn Rand
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1759 to 1805.
Early Modern era
Charles III
January 20, 1716 – December 14, 1788
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
Early Modern era
Abdul Momin of Brunei
May 21, 1788 – May 29, 1885
Sultan of Brunei (1788-1885)
Early Modern era
King Sobhuza I
1780 – 1836
King of Eswatini
Early Modern era
William II of the Netherlands
December 6, 1792 – March 17, 1849
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1840 to 1849 (1792-1849)
Early Modern era
Prince Alois II, Prince of Liechtenstein
May 26, 1796 – November 12, 1858
Prince of Liechtenstein (1796-1858)
Early Modern era
Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein
June 26, 1760 – April 20, 1836
Austrian marshal (1760-1836)
Early Modern era
William I of the Netherlands
August 24, 1772 – December 12, 1843
King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke of Luxembourg 1815-1840 (1772-1843)
Early Modern era
Louis XVI
August 23, 1754 – January 21, 1793
King of France and Navarre from 1774 to 1791, then King of the French from 1791 to 1792 (1754-1793)
Early Modern era
Marie Antoinette
November 2, 1755 – October 16, 1793
Last Queen of France prior to the French Revolution (1755–1793)
Early Modern era
Frederick the Great
January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712-1786)
Early Modern era
Maria Theresa
May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780
Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)
Early Modern era
Catherine the Great
April 21, 1729 – November 17, 1796
Empress who modernized and expanded the Russian Empire