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Friedrich, Baron de La Motte-Fouqué (1777–1843)
La Motte Fouqué, Friedrich de, Baron (fö-kā’). A German romanticist in various forms; born at Brandenburg, Feb. 12, 1777; died at Berlin, Jan. 23, 1843. His first contributions to literature were: ‘Romances from the Vale of Roncesval’ (1805); ‘Story of the Noble Knight Galmy and a Fair Duchess of Britanny’ (1806); ‘Alwin’ (1808); followed by the hero-drama ‘Sigurd the Snake-Killer’ (1808). The work by which he is chiefly known to-day is ‘Undine’ (1811); ‘Sintram’ is also still familiar. Among his other works are: ‘The Voyages of Thiodulf the Icelander’ (1815); ‘Short Stories’ (6 vols., 1814–19); several dramas, as ‘Alf and Yngwi,’ ‘Runes,’ ‘The Jarl of the Orkneys’; the epics: ‘Corona,’ ‘Charlemagne,’ ‘Bertrand du Guesclin.’ Karoline Auguste, his second wife (1773–1831), wrote many novels and tales, including: ‘Roderic’ (1807); ‘The Heroic Maid of La Vendée’ (1816); ‘Valerie’ (1827). (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).