person
Erzsébet Fráter
Erzsébet
also: Fráter Erzsébet, Emi, Emike
Erzsébet Fráter (1825–?), married Madách in 1845 and bore him three children; she left him during his 1853 imprisonment and the divorce was finalized in 1854. Her letters to him survive and document the unraveling of the marriage from her perspective.
Reading notes
- Correspondence §130 Erzsébet Fráter
Erzsébet Fráter (1825–?), Madách's wife 1845–1854; their correspondence — including her letters to him — shows the arc from courtship through marriage to their painful separation. She left him with three children during his imprisonment.