Edgar Hanfstaengl

Edgar Hanfstaengl ( born July 15, 1842 in Munich, † May 28, 1910 in Munich) was an authorized signatory and merchant.

Edgar Hanfstaengl was the son of the photographer Franz Hanfstaengl (1804-1877) and his wife Franziska Hanfstaengl Wegmeier (1809-1860) was born in Munich. Edgar trained as a trading merchant in Szczecin and in a London wholesale. Early sixties, Edgar went to Asia to work as a clerk at Teehandelsunternehmen Clark. In 1867 he returned to the art world of his father returned to Munich, where he worked as an officer. In the same year, he developed a love relationship with the fiance of Ludwig II, the Princess Sophie Charlotte. On November 12, 1868 Edgar took over the photographic studio and expanded operations to Kunstverlag Franz Hanfstaengl.

1882 married Edgar Hanfstaengl, who was born in Berlin Katharina Wilhelmina Heine ( 1859-1945 ). They had five children: Edgar (1883-1958), Egon (1884-1915), Erna (1885-1981), Ernst " Putzi " (1887-1975) and Erwin ( 1888-1914 ). The eldest son Edgar led since 1907, the art world of his father. The only daughter Erna took place after the death of her father a envelope with a handwritten note of her father: "Letters from Princess Sophie Charlotte - burned unread. Edgar. " Erna followed their father's wish not, but handed the letters in February 1980 the author Heinz Gebhardt to " correct the record straight once ".

Edgar Hanfstaengl, Sophie's " dear, dear friend," died on 28 May 1910. He was buried in Old South Cemetery in Munich in the family grave of the Hanfstaengl family.