Born: 7 September 1769, Austria
Died: 9 July 1843
Country most active: Austria
Also known as: Karoline Greiner
The following is excerpted from “400 Outstanding Women of the World and the Costumology of Their Time” by Minna Moscherosch Schmidt, published in 1933.
Karoline Greiner’s father was a courtier. Her mother was also in the service of the Empress Maria Theresa, She was a precocious child to whom her parents gave careful training. The association with people of note who came to their home was for her most educative. In 1796, she was married and became mistress of a fine home, where she practiced rare hospitality.
Her trend was literary. She is the author of sixty books. A great admirer of the Burg Theatre, she wrote many plays and dramas that were staged there under her personal supervision. She was a careful student and gave much time to research for the material of her historical romances. Her originality, humor, and thorough knowledge of human nature, made her work not only popular, but instructive. To her salon came Schlegel, Tick, Brentano, Collin, Firger, Grillparzer, and many other noteworthy people.
She loved Vienna and its people and the Viennese in turn said, “When in Vienna don’t miss the Stephansthurm and Karoline Pichler!”