Charlotte Albertine Ernestine von Stein (also mentioned as Charlotta Ernestina Bernadina von Stein [1]), born von Schardt; 25 December 1742, Eisenach – 6 January 1827, Weimar, was a lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar and a close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose work and life were strongly influenced by her.
- ^ Wilhelm Bode: Charlotte von Stein, 3rd, revised edition, Ernst Siegfried Mittler Verlag, Berlin 1912, page 8