De Staël, disappointed by French rationalism, became interested in German romanticism. She and Constant set out for Prussia and Saxony and travelled with her two children to Weimar. Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel welcomed them the day after their arrival. In Weimar they met Friedrich von Schiller. Due to illness Johann Wolfgang Goethe at first hesitated. In Berlin, they met August Wilhelm Schlegel, and his brother, Friedrich Schlegel. Constant left de Staël in Leipzig and in 1806 lived in Rouen and Meulan, where he started work on his novel Adolphe. In 1808, he secretly married Caroline von Hardenberg, a woman who had been divorced twice, (she was related to Novalis and to Karl August von Hardenberg). He moved back to Paris in 1814, where the French Restoration took place and Louis XVIII had become king. As a member of the Council of State, Constant proposed a constitutional monarchy. He became friends with Madame Récamier while he fell out with Germaine de Staël, who had asked him to pay back his gambling debts when their daughter, Albertine, married Victor de Broglie. During the Hundred Days of Napoleon, who had become more liberal, Constant fled to the Vendée, but returned when he was invited several times to the Tuileries to set up changes for the Charter of 1815.
De Staël disappointed by French rationalism became interested in German romanticism She and Constant set out for Prussia and Saxony and travelled with her two children to Weimar Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel welcomed them the day after their arrival In Weimar they met Friedrich von Schiller Due to illness Johann Wolfgang Goethe at first hesitated In Berlin they met August Wilhelm Schlegel and his brother Friedrich Schlegel Constant left de Staël in Leipzig and in 1806 lived in Rouen and Meulan where he started work on his novel Adolphe In 1808 he secretly married Caroline von Hardenberg a woman who had been divorced twice (she was related to Novalis and to Karl August von Hardenberg) He moved back to Paris in 1814 where the French Restoration took place and Louis XVIII had become king As a member of the Council of State Constant proposed a constitutional monarchy He became friends with Madame Récamier while he fell out with Germaine de Staël who had asked him to pay back his gambling debts when their daughter Albertine married Victor de Broglie During the Hundred Days of Napoleon who had become more liberal Constant fled to the Vendée but returned when he was invited several times to the Tuileries to set up changes for the Charter of 1815