Family
In 1919 Ribbentrop met Anna Elisabeth Henkell ("Annelies" to her friends), a wealthy Wiesbaden champagne-producer's daughter. They married on 5 July 1920, and Ribbentrop travelled Europe as a wine salesman. He and Annelies had five children. She was often described as a Lady Macbeth-type who dominated her husband. Ribbentrop persuaded his aunt Gertrud von Ribbentrop to adopt him in May 1925, which allowed him to add the aristocratic von to his name.
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