Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg
German poet, translator, lawyer, and politician
Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg-Stolberg (7 November 1750 – 5 December 1819), was a German lawyer, and translator. He was also a poet of the Sturm und Drang and early Romantic periods.
Life
Friedrich Leopold was born 7 November 1750 in Bramstedt within the Duchy of Holstein, which was then a part of Denmark. Through his mother, Christiane C. F. Castell-Remlingen (1722–1773), and father, Christian Günther Stolberg (1714–1765), he belonged to a cadet branch of the Stolberg family. He was one of 12 children, and was the brother of Christian Stolberg and Catharine Stolberg. His father was a danish magistrate and the owner of a manorial estate. A few years after his birth the family moved to Copenhagen, where he soon formed friendships with distinguished literary men. Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock, in particular, became a mentor to Stolberg and his brothers after the death of their father in 1765.
Together with his elder brother Christian, Friedrich Leopold went to the University of Halle in 1770, in order to study German Law. His other studies embraced the Classics and various historical courses.
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