Marianne Viktoria Armgard Helene Doria Freifrau von Weizs�cker, n�e von Kretschmann is the wife of Richard von Weizs�cker, the former President of Germany. Her mother Asta was the adopted daughter of prominent banker and industrialist Fritz von Waldthausen. Marianne and Richard von Weizs�cker married in 1953, and have four children, including Robert K. von Weizs�cker, Professor of Economics. Her husband served as Governing Mayor of Berlin from 1981 to 1984, when he was elected President. He was reelected for a second term in 1989. During her husbands tenure, Marianne von Weizs�cker was the patron of several charitable organisations, including the M�ttergenesungswerk. 

May 17th, 1932 in Essen (Age 92)