Mathilde Wesendonck, German poet and author (died 1902)

Mathilde Wesendonck

German poet

Agnes Mathilde Wesendonck was a German poet and author. The words of five of her verses were the basis of Richard Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder; the composer was infatuated with her, and his wife Minna blamed Mathilde for the break-up of their marriage.