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Ida, Countess von Hahn-Hahn, portrait by an unknown artist
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Ida, countess von Hahn-Hahn

German writer
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Ida, countess von Hahn-Hahn (born June 22, 1805, Tressow, Mecklenburg-Schwerin [now in Germany]—died Jan. 12, 1880, Mainz, Ger.) was a German author of poetry, travel books, and novels that, though written in an artificial, aristocratic style, often show acute psychological insight. Daughter of the theatrical producer Count Karl Friedrich von Hahn, she acquired her hyphenated dual name by marrying a cousin, Count Adolf von Hahn, in 1826. Three years later this unhappy marriage ended in...

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