Elsa Einstein
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second wife and cousin of Albert Einstein (1876-1936)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1876-01-18 ) 18 January 1876, Hechingen , Germany
- Died
- 20 December 1936 (1936-12-20) (aged 60), Princeton, New Jersey , US
- Spouses
- Max Löwenthal ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1896 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 11 May 1908</span>"}]]}'>1908 ) Albert Einstein ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2 June 1919</span>"}]]}'>1919 )
- Family
- Einstein
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Elsa
- Family name
- Einstein
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Hechingen
- Place of death
- Princeton
- Spouse
- Albert Einstein
- Occupation
- politician
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Judaism
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 102-00486A, Elsa Einstein.jpg
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- name in native language
- Elsa Einstein
- date of birth
- 1876-01-18
- date of death
- 1936-12-20
- Commons category
- Elsa Einstein
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- relative
- Albert Einstein
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Elsa Einstein (18 January 1876 – 20 December 1936) was the second wife and cousin of Albert Einstein. Their mothers were sisters, making them maternal first cousins. The couple were also paternal second cousins (i.e. their fathers were first cousins). Born an Einstein, Elsa gave up the name when she took the surname of her first husband, Max Löwenthal; she and her daughters reverted to her maiden name after Elsa and Löwenthal's 1908 divorce.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elsa Einstein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.