Mathilde Wesendonck

Mathilde Wesendonck (1850) by Karl Ferdinand Sohn, in the StadtMuseum Bonn
The villa of Otto and Mathilde Wesendonck in Zurich, Switzerland
Cover of Märchen u. Märchen Spiele by Mathilde Wesendonck (published: Düsseldorf, 1864)
Grave of Mathilde Wesendonck and family in Bonn, Germany

Agnes Mathilde Wesendonck (née Luckemeyer; 23 December 1828 – 31 August 1902) 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.