Eve Frank

Eve Frank or Eva Frank (1754 – 1816 or 1817) According to historian Jerry Rabow, she was the only woman to have been declared a Jewish messiah.

Her father Jacob spread the rumor that Eve, who was often called "Eva Romanovna" at that point, was an illegitimate child of Catherine II of Russia. Eve and her father repeatedly traveled to Vienna, and succeeded in gaining the favor of the court. However, the Frank siblings had neither the stature nor the strength of personality required to keep the cult going and as time went on the number of pilgrims and supply of money diminished drastically, while Eve continued to live in her accustomed luxury.

In November 1813, after the battle of Leipzig, Tsar Alexander I, then emperor of Russia, rode from Frankfurt to Offenbach to visit Eve.

Death and controversy She finally became heavily indebted by three million gulden in 1817. although she is believed to have escaped to Poland and continued to lead the community after the dismantling of the Frankist court and arrest order from the Grand Duke of Hesse. Nonetheless, her followers continued to exist well into the middle of the 19th century.