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:

List

Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner (1770–1813), a 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), * 1828 † 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 five children (including Cosima's two daughters with Bülow, who are included here as Wagner's step-children):
   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 † 2014
         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 Wagner-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
            1. Verena Maja Lafferentz, jazz singer
         5. Verena Lafferentz, * 1952,
            ∞ Tilo Schnekenburger

Family tree

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)