- He eloped to Switzerland with Countess Marie d'Agoult. Their idealistic relationship eventually disintegrated in 1844. Together, he and d'Agoult had three children: daughters Blandine (b. 1835) and Cosima (b. 1837), and son Daniel (b. 1839). Daniel died in 1859 at the age of 21. Liszt would write "Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust" and "Les Morts" to honor his memory. In 1862 his daughter Blandine died in childbirth. His other daughter, Cosima, later left her husband to be with composer Richard Wagner, to whom she bore daughters Isolde in 1865 and Eva in 1867 and son Siegfried in 1869 before they finally married in 1870.
- Mentioned in Rhapsody Rabbit (1946).
- Father of Cosima Wagner.
- Father-in-law of Richard Wagner.
- Grandfather of Siegfried Wagner.
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