Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Karl Ferdinand von Humboldt was a Prussian philosopher, linguist, government functionary, diplomat, and founder of the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1949, the universit
Portrait by Thomas Lawrence
Coat of arms of the Barons von Humboldt-Dacheröden
Bust of Wilhelm von Humboldt by Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1808
Statue of Wilhelm von Humboldt outside Humboldt University, Unter den Linden, Berlin
Caroline von Humboldt
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Caroline von Humboldt, née Carolina Friederica von Dacheröden, was a German salonnière and art historian.
Wilhelm von Humboldt
…Rittmaster in the Gendarme regiment was something of a ne'er do well, not often mentioned in the family history. In June 1791, Humboldt married Caroline von Dacheröden. They had eight children, of whom five (amongst them Gabriele von Humboldt) survived to adulthood. The alliance of these two German noble families…
Caroline von Humboldt by an unknown artist, 1808, National Museum in Warsaw
Caroline von Humboldt by Gottlieb Schick
Adelheid and Gabriele von Humboldt by Gottlieb Schick, 1809