Fanny Moser (baroness), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss noblewoman
Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1848
Place of Birth: Winterthur, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Date of Death: 20-Mar-1925
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Fanny Moser (baroness)
- Fanny Moser (29 July 1848 in Winterthur, Switzerland – 2 April 1925 in Zurich, born Baroness Fanny Louise von Sulzer-Wart and known as Emmy von N.
- in Freud's study) was a Swiss noblewoman who at one point was known as the richest woman in Eastern Europe.
- She was one of the five women evaluated in Freud's Studies on Hysteria, which led to his psychoanalytic theories.
- Her father, Baron Heinrich von Sulzer-Wart had inherited his title from her grandfather, Johann Heinrich von Sulzer-Wart, who had been awarded a peerage for service to Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria.
- On 28 December 1870, she married Swiss watchmaker and industrialist Heinrich Moser, who had made a fortune by developing high-quality watches to sell on the Russian market.
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- Moser & Co.
- then expanded to include a factory in Switzerland and Heinrich founded a railway company in Schaffhausen, furthering his wealth.The marriage caused scandal because Fanny was 23 and Heinrich 65, though both were from the upper echelons of society.
- The five older children from her husband's first marriage were fully grown, as their father had waited twenty years before his remarriage, but they rejected Moser.
- She had two children with Heinrich: Fanny, born 27 May 1872 and the author Mentona, born 19 October 1874, just four days before her father's death.
- The older children accused Moser of killing her husband and despite no evidence of foul play determined by two autopsies, suspicion continued.
- Moser had a mental breakdown and began seeing therapists in 1889.
- She acquired a castle, Schloss Au where she entertained lavishly, but was known for her eccentricities, continuing treatment for almost a decade.
- Late in life, she became infatuated with a much younger man, lost part of her fortune and cut off relationships with her daughters.
- When she died, she left millions to her daughters, though she had been convinced she was living in poverty.
- Moser was buried at the cemetery of Kilchberg, Zürich.
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