{"id":1859,"date":"2022-10-31T10:59:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T09:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/?p=1859"},"modified":"2024-03-21T15:01:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:01:17","slug":"beethovens-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.popularbeethoven.com\/beethovens-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Beethoven\u2019s Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"
This is the biography of Maria Magdalena van Beethoven, mother of Ludwig van Beethoven.<\/strong><\/p>\n Maria Magdalena Keverich was born on 19 December 1746, and after a short and difficult life, died at the age of only 40, in 17 July 1787. She was born in Ehrenbreitstein<\/a>, a small village overlooking Koblenz<\/a> (today part of it). Her birth place is a museum now, called Mutter-Beethoven-Haus.<\/p>\n Her parents, the grandparents of Ludwig van Beethoven on his mother side, were Anna Klara n\u00e9e Westorff and Johann Heinrich Keverich. The family had six children, among them Maria Magdalena the youngest. She was blond and reported as a beautiful, slender woman.<\/p>\n We do not know much about the life of this family, but we know that they were somewhat important or prominent, holding important positions at the court. His father was head of the kitchen for the Elector of Trier<\/a> (a chef today), an important position at any court, but there were ancestors who served as councillors or senators.<\/p>\n