Emma Jung

Emma Jung (born Emma Rauschenbach; 30 March 1882 – 27 November 1955) was a psychotherapist and author. She was the wife of Carl Gustav Jung, the prominent psychiatrist and founder of Analytical psychology.

Early life

Jung came from the family of a wealthy industrialist, and the then owner of IWC Schaffhausen, Johannes Rauschenbach. At the time of her marriage she was the second-richest heiress in Switzerland.

Marriage

Children

The Jungs married on 14 February 1903, seven years after they first met. Together they had five children (four daughters and one son); Agathe, Gret, Franz, Marianne and Helene.

Marital life

In 1906, a variety of Carl Jung's unusual dreams of the period were interpreted by Sigmund Freud as portending the "failure of a marriage for money" (das Scheitern einer Geldheirat). Jung took a strong interest in her husband's work and became a noted analyst in her own right. She developed a particular interest in the Grail legend. She was an analyst before they married, although her independence of him in this field has been contested. She was also in regular correspondence of her own with Freud.