Sophie Gräfin von Hatzfeldt, born Gräfin von Hatzfeldt-Schönstein zu Trachenberg (10 August 1805 in Trachenberg (Lower Silesia) – 25 January 1881 in Wiesbaden) was active in the German working-class movement and partner and confidante of Ferdinand Lassalle.
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Early life
She was the daughter of Prussian general Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt zu Trachenberg (1756−1827) and Countess Friederike Karoline von der Schulenburg (1779–1832), a daughter of the Prussian minister to the General Directorate Friedrich Wilhelm von Schulenburg-Kehnert. His older sister, Countess Luise von Hatzfeldt was the wife of Prussian General Ludwig Freiherr Roth von Schreckenstein, the Minister of War. Among her other siblings were brothers Prince Hermann Anton von Hatzfeldt and Maximilian von Hatzfeldt. From Prince Hermann's second marriage to Marie von Nimptsch, she was aunt to Prince (later Duke) Hermann von Hatzfeldt, who represented the Deutsche Reichspartei in the Reichstag. She grew up in the Hatzfeld Palace of Trachenberg and in Berlin.
Life
In 1822, Sophie was forced to marry her distant cousin, Count Edmund von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg (28 December 1798 in Kinzweiler – 14 January 1874 in Düsseldorf) with whom she had three children (including Paul von Hatzfeldt, who was Ambassador to London and Constantinople, Foreign Secretary, and Head of the Foreign Office). The marriage was unhappy, as her husband was controlling her money and her movements. They separated in 1833.