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Margarete Steiff

foundress of Margarete Steiff GmbH in Germany
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Margarete Steiff
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Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[14]
Date of birth
July 24, 1847
Date of death
May 9, 1909, 1909[8]
Place of birth
Giengen an der Brenz
Place of death
Giengen an der Brenz
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Württemberg[10]
Occupation
designer, tailor, entrepreneur
Field of work
sewing, entrepreneurship, manufacture of games and toys[11][12][13]
Sibling
Pauline Röck[25]
Cause of death
pneumonia[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Russian, German[22][23]
Described by source
Neue Deutsche Biographie[21]
Family name
Steiff[16]
Given name
Margarete, Apollonia[17][18]
Manner of death
natural causes[20]
Name in native language
Margarete Steiff[24]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Art+Feminism[26]
Place of burial
Giengen an der Brenz[9]
Relative
Richard Steiff[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Margarete Steiff en Margarethe Steiff en Apollonia Margarete Steiff cs Apollonia Margarete Steiff de Apollonia Margarete Steiff de Margarethe Steiff es Margarethe Steiff fa مارگارته اشتایف fr Margarethe Steiff ja マルガレーテ・シュタイフ ja シュタイフ社 ko 마르가레테 슈타이프 nl Apollonia Margarete Steiff nl Margarethe Steiff pl Margarete Apollonia Steiff ru Маргарет Штайф ru Штайф, Маргарет sv Steiff uk Маргарете Штайфф uk Маргарита Штайфф
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
0000000044059611
VIAF cluster ID
50033461
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n93019477
GND ID
119330067
Artists of the World ID
00401806
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
SteiffMargarete1847-2012
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
steiff-apollonia-margarete
DDB person (GND) ID
119330067
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119330067
FAST ID
317823
FemBio ID
25983
Freebase ID
/m/05fcblr
Show all 24 identifiers +12
JRC Names ID
314024
LEO-BW person (GND) ID
119330067
NDL Authority ID
01215769
NE.se ID
margarete-steiff
NL CR AUT ID
pna20231173545
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
268464049
Prabook ID
2264012
RKDartists ID
332031
Topic's main category
Wikidata item
WikiTree person ID
Steiff-14
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJq6VFRdfQmBXrvrxQryVC
Yale LUX ID
person/9e67d1b8-340b-4252-8a34-75035cd52342

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
entrepreneur, tailor, designer
Field of work 2
entrepreneurship, sewing
Given name 2
Apollonia, Margarete
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
German, Russian
Cause of death 1
pneumonia
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Württemberg
Founded entities 1
Steiff
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Named after 1
Steiff
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Art+Feminism
Place of birth 1
Giengen an der Brenz
Place of burial 1
Giengen an der Brenz
Place of death 1
Giengen an der Brenz
Relative 1
Richard Steiff
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Margarete Steiff was born on July 24, 1847[1], in Giengen an der Brenz[2]. She died on May 9, 1909[3], in Giengen an der Brenz[4]. She worked as a designer[5], tailor[6], and entrepreneur[7].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Margarete Steiff include Steiff[27], a business[28], in Germany[29], founded in 1880[30], headquartered in Giengen an der Brenz[31].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Margarete Steiff include Steiff[27], a business[28], in Germany[29], founded in 1880[30], headquartered in Giengen an der Brenz[31].

FAQs

Where was Margarete Steiff born?

Margarete Steiff was born in Giengen an der Brenz[2].

Where did Margarete Steiff die?

Margarete Steiff passed away in Giengen an der Brenz[4].

What did Margarete Steiff do for work?

Margarete Steiff worked as a designer[5], tailor[6], and entrepreneur[7].

Related Entities

entrepreneur entrepreneurship Kingdom of Württemberg

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [1] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65768: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 3d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sibling → Pauline Röck
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64330: import sibling (P3373) from GND"
  3. 9d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Neue Deutsche Biographie
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63392: add described by source NDB and NDB-online (2/2)"
  4. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    LEO-BW person (GND) ID → 119330067
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #57570: Import LEO-BW ID"
  5. 15w ago · Zoe Stocker · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cause of death → pneumonia
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Russian, German
    Family name → Steiff
    Country of citizenship → Kingdom of Württemberg
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