Charlotte von Stein
LADY-IN-WAITING AT THE COURT IN WEIMAR; CLOSE FRIEND TO BOTH FRIEDRICH SCHILLER AND JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Charlotte von stein; Charlotte Freifrau von Stein
Charlotte Albertine Ernestine von Stein (also mentioned as Charlotta Ernestina Bernadina von Stein Wilhelm Bode: Charlotte von Stein, 3rd, revised edition, Ernst Siegfried Mittler Verlag, Berlin 1912, page 8), born von Schardt; 25 December 1742, Eisenach – 6 January 1827, Weimar, was a lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar and a close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose work and life were strongly influenced by her.