Eleonora Šomková

Auntie Lori, 1886Eleonora Šomková (in Mácha's Diary as well as in literary books referred to as Lori, 1817 – 1891) was the fiancée of Karel Hynek Mácha. The poet died two days before their intended wedding. Intimate details of their relationship were revealed by deciphering Mácha's Diary of 1835.

Life Eleonora Šomková was born in Prague as a sixth child to a family of a bookbinder who produced boxes for cartridges. She met Karel Hynek Mácha as an actor in Václav Kliment Klicpera's drama Kytka in 1833. After the rehearsal in a private Czech theatre in the Old Town she, Mácha, and Tyl with his fiancée went to café U Suchých in Celetná. Mácha and Lori started a love affair. Mácha helped her father in his workshop and had sex with his lover very often, and according to his Diary he was very possessive and selfish in the act.