Anna Eufemia Carolina Gräfin von Adlersfeld-Ballestrem (1854–1941) was a German aristocratic novelist.
She was born in Ratibor, Upper Silesia, as the daughter of Count Alexander von Ballestrem (1806-1881) and his wife, Mathilde von Hertell (1818-1900).[citation needed]
As a child, she had singing lessons from the Dresden soprano Jenny Bürde-Ney, and herself developed 'a beautiful soprano voice of rare proportions'. [1] She later settled in Munich. She was one of the few German female writers of the 19th century who did not use a pseudonym.
She married Joseph Fritz von Adlersfeld. They had one daughter:
