Lou Andreas-Salomé

'Salomé was the daughter of a Russian army officer of French Huguenot descent. She studied theology at the University of Zürich. In 1882 the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche fell in love with her, but she rejected his proposal of marriage. In 1887 she married the Orientalist Friedrich C. Andreas. In 1897 she met the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, who was 14 years younger than she and who also fell in love with her; she became one of the formative influences on his life. In 1911 she became associated with the Vienna circle of psychoanalysts and was a friend and disciple of Sigmund Freud.'

from Encyclopćdia Britannica Online