Christian of Stolberg-Stolberg
Christian, Count of Stolberg-Stolberg poet, brother of Frederick Leopold, also a poet.
Born at Hamburg, he became a magistrate at Tremsbüttel in Holstein in 1777. Of the two brothers Frederick was undoubtedly the more talented. Christian though not a poet of high originality, excelled in the utterance of gentle sentiment.
They published together a volume of poems, Gedichte ; Schauspiele mit Chören, their object in the latter work being to revive a love for the Greek drama; and a collection of patriotic poems Vaterländische Gedichte.
Christian of Stolberg was the sole author of Gedichte aus dem Griechischen, a translation of the works of Sophocles Die weisse Frau and of a poem in seven ballads, which last attained considerable popularity.
Stolberg was married to Louise Stolberg. He died in Windeby.
