Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee


Anna Maria Rüttimann-Meyer von Schauensee was a politically influential Swiss salonist during the Helvetian Republic. She was married to Vinzenz Rüttimann from 1794 and corresponded with Paul Usteri from 1799.

Life

Anna Maria was the daughter of the politician Rudolf Franz Meyer Theoderik von Schauensee and Waldburga Fleckenstein and sister of, a justice minister of during the Helvetian Republic. Her salon was a centre of political debate. She acted as an advisor and mediator in conflicts between and Franz Bernhard Meyer-Schauensee. Her influence upon contemporary Swiss policy is believed to have been great.