Stein, Charlotte von, a lady friend of Goethe's, born at Weimar; Goethe's affection for her cooled on his return from Italy to see her so changed; she never forgave him for marrying a woman beneath him; letters by Goethe to her were published in successive editions, but hers to him were destroyed by her (1742‒1827).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Stein, Baron von * Steinmetz, Carl Friedrich von