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 made love to his lover very often, and according to his
Diary he was very possessive and selfish in the act. She got pregnant and in October 1836 gave birth to Ludvík (who died nine months later). Mácha found a new job in
Litoměřice and was preparing a house there. He died unexpectedly on 6 November 1836 just short of his 26th birthday. His funeral took place on the day of their intended wedding. In the following years Eleonora stayed in Prague and when her father died in 1848 she started a
yarn workshop. She married a police officer called Sieh in 1849 and they moved to
Lwów together. They had no children. After his death she moved back to Prague where she died and was buried at
Vinohrady Cemetery. == Mácha's Secret diary ==