Beethoven, Maria Magdalena |
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BORN 19 Dec 1746, Ehrenbreitstein, Rheinland-Pfalz (near Koblenz) - DIED 17 Jul 1787, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen REAL NAME Keverich, Maria Magdalena GRAVE LOCATION Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen: Alter Friedhof (Abteilung I, Grabnummer 179) |
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Daughter of the overseer of the kitchens for the Elector a Treves at Ehrenbreitstein. Her married name was Laym, but at a young age she became a widow. It is unknown how her husband and their child died. She married Johann von Beethoven, who was a music literate, but also a drinker. They had seven children. After their first son Ludwig died, they named their second son - the famous composer - Ludwig as well. She was only forty years old when she died of tuberculosis. Her grave was rediscovered at the Old Cemetery in Bonn in 1932. Family • Son: Beethoven, Ludwig van |
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 The grave of Beethoven's mother at the Alter Friedhof, Bonn. Picture by Androom (18 Nov 2001) |
Sources • Find-A-Grave • 404 - Hotel Europa Bonn |
