Charlotte von Siebold

After Georg Heiland’s death, Regina Josepha Heiland married (Johann Theodor) Damian von Siebold (1769-1828), the city doctor and medical officer of Darmstadt from Göttingen, known as the “Starstich” surgeon, and son of Carl Caspar von Siebold.

[3] In 1814, Charlotte passed the exam for obstetrics before the “Grand Duchy of Hesse Grand-Ducal Medicinal-Collegium” in Darmstadt and was allowed to practise as an obstetrician from then on.

Charlotte von Siebold enjoyed an excellent reputation as a midwife and was called several times to assist with births in multiple royal courts.

[4] On 9 June 1854, the birthday of Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, she was the only woman to be awarded the Knight Cross of the Order of Philip the Magnanimous.

Since 2006, the Medical Faculty of the University of Göttingen has launched the ‘Heidenreich von Siebold Programm’ to support female scientists.