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FAMILY TREE |
The
family can be traced back to the 15th century. Some of
Beethoven's ancestors came from the Flemish province of
Brabant, and on the maternal side from the Rhine and
Moselle area. The earliest van Beethovens were from an
area bounded by Brussels, Leuven and Mechelen. Beethoven
had 4 siblings who died in infancy: Ludwig Maria (02/04/1769 -
08/04/1769). Anna Maria Francisca (23/02/1779 -
27/02/79).
Franz George (17/01/1781 -
16/8/1783). Maria Margaretha Josepha (05/05/1786 -
26/11/1787).
Michel
Van Beethoven (great-grandfather) appears to have been a
colourful character. He was a master baker in Mechelen;
he also dealt in lace and property speculation and
eventually had to flee to Bonn to avoid his many
creditors!
His son
Lodewijk (Beethoven's grandfather) had been a choirboy at
Mechelen cathedral. The Elector Arch-bishop of Cologne
transferred him to the court chapel at Bonn in 1733 (the
same year he married Maria Poll).
Their
son Johann (father) was the only one of 3 children to
survive. He became a tenor in the court chapel at Bonn
and married the 21 year old widow Maria Keverich on 12
Nov 1767.
Seven
children were born of this union, but only 3 survived -
one of whom was the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, who
never married.
The
Beethoven line continued through his brother Kaspar Karl,
whose only child Karl was Beethoven's nephew.
Karl.v.Beethoven joined the army (1827), married in 1832
and had 5 children.
JAN
VAN BEETHOVEN (1470 - ? )
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MARCK VAN
BEETHOVEN
(1505 - ?)
m. Anna
Smets (1510 - ? )
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AERT VAN
BEETHOVEN (1535 - 1608/9) m. Josyne van
Vlesselaer (1540 - 1595)
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HENDRICK VAN
BEETHOVEN (1572 -1652) m. Cathlyne van
Boevenbeeke (1575 - 1638)
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MARKUS VAN
BEETHOVEN (1601 -1672) m. Sara Haesaerts (1606 - 1653)
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CORNELIUS VAN
BEETHOVEN (1641 - 1716) m. Catharina van
Leempoel (1642 -1729)
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MICHEL VAN
BEETHOVEN (1684 - 1749) m. Marie Louise
Stuyckers (1685 - 1749)
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LODEWIJK VAN
BEETHOVEN (1712-1773) m. Maria Josepha
Poll (1714 -1775)
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JOHANN VAN
BEETHOVEN (1740-92) m. Maria Keverich
(1746-87)
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LUDWIG VAN
BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
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KASPAR K.v.B (1774-1815) m. J. Riess (1784 - 1868)
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NIKOLAUS J. v.B (1776-1848) m.
T.Obermayr (1787-1828)
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KARL v.BEETHOVEN (1806-58) m. Karoline
Naske (1808 -91)
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KAROLINE (1831-1919)
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MARIA (1835-91)
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LUDWIG (1839-)
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GABRIELLE (1844-1914)
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HERMINE (1852-87)
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THE DESCENDANTS OF
BEETHOVEN'S NEPHEW, KARL (1806-58)
Karl had 5 Children and 20
grand-children, 13 of whom survived to adulthood. After
Karl Julius Maria Van Beethoven (Karl's Grandson - a
journalist, born in Munich and died in Vienna), the
Beethoven line ceases as Karl's descendants continue
through his daughters. The line changes to Weidinger and
today the great great great grandchildren of Karl Van
Beethoven include :
Getraude Weidinger (1938 - )
/ Peter Weidinger (1939 - ) / Eduard August Urban (1948 -
).
The Children and
Grandchildren of Karl Van Beethoven
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KAROLINE JOHANNA VAN
BEETHOVEN (1831-1919) married
Franz Weidinger in 1854 and they had 8 children -
Franz Karl Joseph
(1855 - 1932) /Karl Edouard Paul (1856 - 1930)
/Paul Adolf Robert (1858 - 1940) / Eugenie
Karoline Maria (1859 - 93) / Gustav (1862 - 1944)
/ Karoline (1863-5) / Robert (1865 - 1920) / Hugo
(1866 - 94)
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MARIA ANNA VAN
BEETHOVEN (1835-91) married
Paul Ernst Weidinger in 1857 and had 3 children -
Marie Josephine (1859
- 1936) / Herman Franz Karl (1861 - 1932) /
Helene (1863 - 1863)
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LUDWIG JOHANN VAN
BEETHOVEN (1839-) married
Maria Anna Nitsche in 1865 and had 6 children. He
was a journalist in Munich and later lived in the
USA, where he was vice director of the south
pacific railway.He died in Vienna. -
Marie (1865 - 65) /
Karl Julius Maria (1870 - 1917) - the last of the
Beethoven line/
Heinrich (1871-72) / Meta (1874 - 90 ?) & 2
unknown (1878/1880)
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GABRIELLE VAN
BEETHOVEN (1844-1914) married
Robert Heimler in 1864 and had 2 children -
Gabrielle Maria
Ludovika (1865 - 1903) / Raoul (1876 - 1948)
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HERMINE VAN BEETHOVEN
(1852-87)
married Emille Axmann
in 1876 and had 1 child -
Egon (1886 - 1926)
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