Marie Hassenpflug

Born

Marie Magdalene Elisabeth Hassenpflug

27 December 1788

Altenhaßlau, Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt

Died21 November 1856 (aged 67)

KnownforWriter

SpouseFriedrich von Dalwigk zu Schauenburg

Marie Hassenpflug

Born	Marie Magdalene Elisabeth Hassenpflug (1788-12-27)27 December 1788 Altenhaßlau, Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt
Died	21 November 1856(1856-11-21) (aged 67) Kassel, Kurfürstentum Hessen
Known for	Writer
Spouse	Friedrich von Dalwigk zu Schauenburg

Marie Magdalene Elisabeth Hassenpflug (27 December 1788 – 21 November 1856) was a German storyteller whose presumed versions of various folk tales were an important source for the collection of tales by the Brothers Grimm. She is best known for her versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" (Rotkäppchen), "Sleeping Beauty" (Dornröschen), and "Snow White" (Sneewittchen).

Marie Magdalene Elisabeth Hassenpflug was born in the Ortsteil Altenhaßlau of Linsengericht district in Landgrafschaft Hessen-Darmstadt, Imperial State of Holy Roman Empire on 27 December 1788.^[1] Her father Johannes Hassenpflug (1755–1834) had been married since 1788 to Marie Magdalena Dresen (1767–1840), who came from a Huguenot family living in Hanau.^[2]

On 14 October 1789, the family moved into a house called Haus Lossow at the marketplace's corner of Lindenstraße in Neustadt, when her father was appointed the Schultheiß of Neustadt-Hanau.^[1] She grew up in that house, where the family lived until 1799.^[3] She had a brother, Hans Ludwig Alexander, as well as two sisters, Jeanette and Amalie.^[1]

She was sickly when young, and one scholar, Heinz Rölleke, surmises that frequent bouts of being bedridden may have made her more receptive to fairy tales. Through another family, the Engelhards, she became friends with the Grimm family.^[4] Her brother Ludwig married Charlotte Grimm, the younger sister of the Brothers Grimm.^[1]

On 15 April 1799, the Hassenpflug family moved to Kassel, where her father transferred to the post of advocatus fisci (financial supervisor) of the Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel.^[1]^[5]

On 21 August 1814, Marie Hassenpflug married Friedrich von Dalwigk zu Schauenburg, who was stationed in Hanau as a captain of the Kurprinz regiment. They lived on her husband's estate in Hoof (today part of Schauenburg) and in Hanau, where their son, Ludwig Alexander, was born on 24 January 1817.^[4]

From 1819 to 1824, she served as a court lady to Herzogin Marie Friederike von Anhalt-Bernburg, a daughter of the Landgraf and later Kurfürst Wilhelm IX/I of Hesse-Kassel. When her husband was the chamberlain of the duchess, they lived in the Hanau City Palace. She died in Kassel on 21 November 1856.^[1]^[4]

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Notable tales	"Allerleirauh" "The Beam" "Bearskin" "The Brave Little Tailor" "The Bright Sun Brings It to Light" "Brother and Sister" "Brother Lustig" "Cat and Mouse in Partnership" "Cinderella" "Clever Elsie" "Clever Hans" "Clever Gretel" "The Clever Little Tailor" "Death's Messengers" "The Devil's Sooty Brother" "The Devil and his Grandmother" "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs" "Doctor Know-all" "The Dog and the Sparrow" "The Donkey" "Donkey Cabbages" "The Elves and the Shoemaker" "Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie" "Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful" "The Fisherman and His Wife" "Fitcher's Bird" "The Flail from Heaven" "Foundling-Bird" "The Four Skillful Brothers" "The Fox and the Cat" "The Fox and the Geese" "Frederick and Catherine" "The Frog Prince" "Gambling Hansel" "The Girl Without Hands" "The Gnome" "Going a Traveling" "The Gold-Children" "The Godfather" "Godfather Death" "The Golden Bird" "The Golden Goose" "The Good Bargain" "The Goose Girl" "The Goose-Girl at the Well" "The Grave Mound" "Hans in Luck" "Hans My Hedgehog" "Hansel and Gretel" "The Hare's Bride" "Herr Korbes" "How Six Made Their Way in the World" "The Hurds "The Hut in the Forest" "Iron John" "The Iron Stove" "The Jew Among Thorns" "Jorinde and Joringel" "The Juniper Tree" "The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn" "The King of the Golden Mountain" "King Thrushbeard" "The Lambkin and the Little Fish" "The Lazy Spinner" "The Little Peasant" "Little Red Riding Hood" "Looking for a Bride" "The Louse and the Flea" "The Maid of Brakel" "Mary's Child" "Mother Trudy" "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage" "Mother Holle" "Old Hildebrand" "Old Sultan" "The Old Man and his Grandson" "The Old Woman in the Wood" "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes" "The Pack of Ragamuffins" "The Peasant's Wise Daughter "Pied Piper of Hamelin" "The Pink" "The Queen Bee" "Rapunzel" "The Raven" "The Riddle" "The Robber Bridegroom" "Rumpelstiltskin" "The Seven Ravens" "The Seven Swabians" "The Shroud" "The Singing, Springing Lark" "The Singing Bone" "The Six Servants" "The Six Swans" "Sleeping Beauty" "Snow White" "Snow-White and Rose-Red" "The Spirit in the Bottle" "The Star Money" "The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was" "The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean" "Sweet Porridge" "Sweetheart Roland" "The Tailor in Heaven" "The Thief and His Master" "The Three Apprentices" "The Three Army Surgeons" "The Three Feathers" "The Three Languages" "The Three Little Birds" "The Three Little Men in the Wood" "The Three Snake-Leaves" "The Three Spinners" "The Twelve Idle Servants" "The Two Kings' Children" "The Water Nixie" "Thumbling" "Thumbling's Travels" "Town Musicians of Bremen" "Trusty John" "The Turnip" "The Twelve Brothers" "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" "The Twelve Huntsmen" "The Two Brothers" "The Water of Life" "The Wedding of Mrs. Fox" "The White Bride and the Black One" "The White Snake" "The Willful Child" "The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack" "The Wolf and the Fox" "The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats" "The Wonderful Musician"
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