while at cadet school, early in 1911, erwin rommel had met his future wife, 17-year-old lucia maria mollin (also called "lucie") (b. 6 june 1894 in danzig; d. 26 september 1971 in stuttgart). they married on november 27, 1916, in danzig, and on december 24, 1928 had a son, manfred, who would later become the mayor of stuttgart. manfred died in 2013. after having met lucie, some historians think that rommel also had an affair with a woman called walburga stemmer in 1913, and they had a daughter named gertrud.