Elizabeth von Karstedt

Elizabeth von Karstedt was a wealthy German heiress to 300,000 acres (1,200 km²) in Pomerania and came from a very noble and rich family. She is best known for being the wife of Walther von Brauchitsch, the Commander-in-Chief of the German Army in the early years of World War II.
Personal Life
On the 29th of December 1910 Elizabeth married Brauchitsch, then a Lieutenant. According to general Curt Siewert she lacked both "warmth and femininity" and was described as "unattractive". It has been suggested that Brauchitsch only married her for her noble and wealthy background. In 1933, the couple stopped living together and eventually divorced in 1938, in the middle of the Munich Crisis.
In 1925, Brauchitsch had an affair with Charlotte Rueffer, he wanted a divorce then, but Elizabeth refused. Charlotte went on to marry a bank director named Schmidt, but he had drowned in his bath during a visit to Berlin, so when Brauchitsch returned from East Prussia in 1937, the pair resumed their affair. Brauchitsch and Charlotte were married on the 24th of September 1938.

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