Marija Kessler

Marija Kessler ( born April 24, 1860 † May 1, 1939 ) was a Salonnière.

The daughter of Count Ferdinand Trenz -founded with her husband Rudolph Kessler end of the 19th century, the Slovene literary scene in Ljubljana, had, among other things Oton Župančič, Ivan Cankar and Fran Albreht. Her salon was the most important test of a Slovenian classical literary salons until the end of the Habsburg monarchy.

Her mother Matilda Trenz was the aunt of Anton House, with the marijas older sister Anna Karoline House ( * May 24, 1857, † May 6, 1924 ) ( Netty ) was married.

Marija Kessler had three daughters: One daughter was the writer Vera Albreht, another, Ana Župančič, was married to the writer Oton Župančič since 1913. Mici Kessler- Čop was around 1917 the mistress of the Slovenian writer Ivan Cankar.