Einstein’s first wife was Mileva Maric, who was a fellow student in Zurich. They got married in January 1903. A year before that, in 1902, the couple had welcomed their first child, a daughter named Lieserl. After a year of marriage, the couple had a son, Hans Albert and then a third child, Eduard in 1910.
Their daughter remains a mysterious figure even today as almost nothing is known about Lieserl’s life. Historians only learned of her existence in 1986 when they discovered a letter between Albert and Mileva that mentioned Lieserl. After 1903, it was as if she vanished into thin air. No one has ever heard of her again. It is not known whether she was adopted, died or if something else happened to her. And it doesn’t seem likely that we will ever find out either.
Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric divorced in 1919. They had been living apart for 5 years at that point. Einstein was teaching at the University of Berlin while Mileva stayed in Zurich and took care of the children. Einstein later gave the money from his Nobel Prize to Mileva as a support.
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