Nataly von Eschstruth (1860–1939)

Nataly von Eschstruth was the birth and pen name of Nataly von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff. She was born in Hofgeismar, Hesse, Germany, to a military family and grew up in Hesse and then in Berlin, where she published her first writings at age 15.

In 1875, she attended a girls' boarding school for in Neuchâtel, Switzerland; later she went on a tour of European capitals. As a result of her mother's illness, she and her sister were responsible for running their household from 1885.

In 1890, she married Franz von Knobelsdorff-Brenkenhoff, an aristocratic Prussian army officer and son of a landowner. She and her husband had two children, and the family lived in various garrison towns. Her most prolific publishing period was the 1880s and 1890s. She wrote poetry, plays, and mult-generational novels, mostly aimed at women.