Trivia

Was her husband's manager and the family provider.

Due to a psychosomatic illness, she spent several months in sanatoriums, which inspired her husband Thomas Mann to his novel "The Magic Mountain".

Is portrayed by Monica Bleibtreu in The Manns (2001).

Born to Alfred Pringsheim, a Jewish mathematician, and his wife Hedwig, daughter of the noted feminist Hedwig Dohm, she grew up with four brothers in Munich.

Gave birth to her 1st child at age 22, a daughter Erika Julia Hedwig Mann (aka Erika Mann) on November 9, 1905. Child's father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 23, a son Klaus Mann on November 18, 1906. Child's father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 25, a son Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann (aka Golo Mann) on March 27, 1909. Child's father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

Gave birth to her 4th child at age 26, a daughter Monika Mann on June 7, 1910. Child's father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

Gave birth to her 5th child at age 34, a daughter Elisabeth Mann-Borgese on April 24, 1908. Child's father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

Gave birth to her 6th child at age 35, a son Michael Mann on April 21, 1919. Child's father is her late husband, Thomas Mann.

(May 22, 1949) Her 2nd child, a son Klaus Mann, committed suicide by drug overdose at the age of 42.

(August 27, 1969) Her 1st child, a daughter Erika Mann, died from brain cancer at the age of 63.

(January 1, 1977) Her 6th child, a son Michael Mann, committed suicide at the age of 57.

(March 17, 1992) Her 4th child, a daughter Monika Mann, died at the age of 81.

(April 4, 1994) Her 3rd child, a son Golo Mann, died at the age of 85.

(February 8, 2002) Her 5th child, a daughter Elisabeth Mann-Borgese, died at the age of 83.

Her 6 children died during 1949 to 2002. 3 of them died prior to her death and 3 after her death.