Ada von Maltzahn
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Ada von Maltzahn | |
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| Born | Ada von Knobloch May 14, 1854 |
| Died | 10 May 1922 (aged 67) |
| Other names | Ada von Gersdorff |
| Children | 1 son |
Baroness Ada von Maltzahn (May 14, 1854 – May 10, 1922) was a popular nineteenth century German novelist who primarily published as Ada von Gersdorff.
She was born Ada von Knobloch in 1854, the daughter of a local district administrator in modern-day Poland, but was then the province of Posen in West Prussia.[1]
She married Prussian Army captain Gero von Gersdorff, but the marriage dissolved quickly, they divorced, and she returned to her parents' house in East Prussia with their son.[1][2][3] In 1878, her father acquired an entailed estate in Sudnicken; he later became the Baron von Hausen-Aubier, but was more well-known as von Knobloch.[2]
She spent the next part of her life traveling widely in Germany and internationally.[3] While in Berlin, she took part in the court festivities of the last days of Kaiser Wilhelm I.[3] She then moved to a smaller estate of her father's at Krumteich near Trömpau in East Prussia.[3]
She married Baron Ludolf Hellmuth von Maltzahn in Berlin on May 19, 1894.[1][2][3] Her second husband died in 1904.[2] She continued to live in Berlin for many years.[2]
