Pauline Maria Tutein

Pauline Maria was born in Stolzenau on 24 December 1725. She is presumed to be the daughter of Dorothea Stäckelmann and Bernhardt Rath, a county bailiff.^[1] She was married to Ernst Bruckner with whom she moved to Denmark, settling in Copenhagen.^[2][1] Bruckner died in 1755.^[1] On 12 May 1756, Pauline Maria married Peter Pierre Tutein, a member of the Grosserer-Societetet, who had also immigrated from present-day Germany.^[2][1]

Despite her husband's lucrative career, the couple lived frugally.^[2] In 1796, she made a 4000 Danish rigsdaler donation for the establishment of a girls' school within Sankt Petri Schule in Copenhagen.^[3][2] According to Pauline Maria, she managed to save such a sum by restricting her household spending and rejecting "the expensive glitter that the changeable and fickle whim of fashion otherwise demands for a lady's adornment."^[2]

She and Peter Pierre had a daughter, Dorothea (Dorthe) Tutein (1764–1814), who married Hartvig Marcus Frisch.^[4] Pauline Maria died in Copenhagen on 28 December 1799.^[1] She and her spouse were buried together at Assistens Cemetery.^[5]