 She married Johann Kaspar Goethe, on 20 August 1748, and had four children by him.She was a woman of exceptional intellect, marked individuality, and a joyous cast of mind, as evidenced by her letters, and in the frequent references to her found in the works of her son, upon whose intellectual development she undoubtedly exerted a remarkable influence.She was made the heroine of the work by Bettina von Arnim entitled "Dies Buch gehört dem König" (1843), and is one of the central figures of Karl Gutzkow's play, "Der Königsleutnant".