 After his divorce from Caroline Michaelis, who left him for his friend the philosopher F.W.J. Schelling, Schlegel became Mme. de Staël’s constant companion on her travels in Germany, Italy, France, and Sweden until her death in 1817. He also was tutor of her children. In August 1818 he married Sophie Paulus in Heidelberg, but they only remained together for a few weeks. Sophie never accompanied him to Bonn, where Schlegel was appointed Professor of Literature and Art History and lectured until 1844, a year before his death.