Mileva Marić

Mileva Marić
Милева Марић
Marić in 1896
Born
Mileva Marić

(1875-12-19)19 December 1875
Died4 August 1948(1948-08-04) (aged 72)
Zürich, Switzerland
Resting placeFriedhof Nordheim, Zürich
Other names
  • Mileva Marić-Einstein
  • Mileva Marić-Ajnštajn
Alma mater
Spouse
(m. 1903; div. 1919)
Children
Parents
  • Miloš Marić (father)
  • Marija Ružić-Marić (mother)

Mileva Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милева Марић, pronounced [milěːva mǎːritɕ]; 19 December 1875 – 4 August 1948), sometimes called Mileva Marić-Einstein (Милева Марић-Ајнштајн, Mileva Marić-Ajnštajn), was the first wife of Albert Einstein from 1903 to 1919. She was the only woman among Einstein's fellow students at Zürich Polytechnic. Marić and Einstein were study colleagues and lovers, and had a daughter Lieserl in 1902, who likely died of scarlet fever at one and a half years old. They later had two sons, Hans Albert and Eduard.