Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt
Female, Deceased Person
1644 – 1694
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Who was Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt?
Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt was the mother of Johann Sebastian Bach.
She was a daughter of Valentin Lämmerhirt, a furrier and coachman in Erfurt. On 8 April 1668, she married her friend since childhood, Johann Ambrosius Bach. The couple left Erfurt in 1691 and settled in Eisenach, where in 1685 their eighth son, Johann Sebastian Bach, was born.
Her half-sister Martha Dorothea was the grandmother of composer and lexicographer Johann Gottfried Walther, who became a friend of Johann Sebastian.
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- Born
- Feb 24, 1644
Erfurt - Also known as
- Maria Elisabetha Lammerhirt
- Spouses
- Johann Ambrosius Bach
(1668/04/08 - 1694)
- Johann Ambrosius Bach
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Thuringia
- Died
- May 1, 1694
Eisenach
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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