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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with his sister Maria Anna and father Leopold, on the wall a portrait of his dead mother Anna Maria, c. 1780

The Mozart family were the ancestors, relatives, and descendants of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The earliest documents mentioning the name "Mozart", then spelled "Motzhart" or "Motzhardt", are from the Bavarian part of Swabia (today the Regierungsbezirk of Bavarian Swabia).

Mozart family

  • Heinrich Motzhardt (after 1320–1400)
    • Andris Motzhardt (?–1485)
      • Hans Motzhardt
        • David Motzhardt (?–1625/6), farmer in Pfersee, today a suburb of Augsburg
          • David Motzhardt (1620/1/2–1685), bricklayer and master builder in Augsburg; built the tower of the church in Dillingen an der Donau; married Maria Negeler (1622–1697)
            • Daniel Mozart (1645–1683)
            • Hans Georg Mozart (1647–1719), bricklayer and master builder, guild master, built the provost's church St Georg in Augsburg, collaborated at the Fugger residence
            • Franz Mozart (1649–1693/4), master builder
              • Johann Georg Mozart (1679 – 1736), bookbinder in Augsburg, married (i) Anna Maria Banegger, childless; (ii) Anna Maria Sulzer (1696–1766)
                • Leopold Mozart (1719–1787), composer, married Anna Maria Pertl (1720–1778)
                  • Johann Leopold Joachim Mozart (1748–1749)
                  • Maria Anna Cordula Mozart (1749–1749)
                  • Maria Anna Nepomucena Walpurgis Mozart (1750–1750)
                  • Maria Anna Mozart (Nicknamed "Nannerl"), (1751–1829) married Johann Baptist Franz von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1736–1801)
                    • Leopold Alois Pantaleon von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1785–1840),[1] married Josephine Fuggs (1795-?)
                      • Henriette von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1817–1890),[2] married Franz Forschter (1806–1871)
                        • Gustav Forschter (1841–1875)[3]
                        • Bertha Forschter (1842–1919)[4]
                      • Cäsar August Ernst von Bechtold zu Sonnenburg (1822–1822)[5]
                    • Jeanette von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1789–1805)
                    • Maria Babette von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1790–1791)
                  • Johann Karl Amadeus Mozart (1752–1753)
                  • Maria Crescentia Francisca de Paula Mozart (1754–1754)
                  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer, married Constanze Weber (1762–1842)
                    • Raimund Leopold Mozart (1783–1783)
                    • Karl Thomas Mozart (1784–1858), official in the service of the Viceroy of Naples in Milan; unmarried and childless
                    • Johann Thomas Leopold Mozart (1786–1786)
                    • Theresia Constantia Adelhaid Friederica Marianna Mozart (1787–1788)
                    • Anna Maria Mozart (1789–1789)
                    • Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791–1844), composer and teacher; unmarried and childless
                • Johann Christian Mozart (1721–1722)
                • Johann Christian Mozart (1722–1755)
                • Joseph Ignaz Mozart (1725–1796)
                • Franz Alois Mozart (1727–1791), bookbinder in Augsburg, married Maria Victoria Eschenbach
                  • Maria Anna Thekla Mozart ("Bäsle") (1758–1841)
                    • Maria Josepha Berbier (1784–1842), married Franz Joseph Streitel
                      • Carl Joseph Streitel (c. 1803), died in infancy
                • Maria Eleonora Mozart (1729–1806)
                • Marie Dorothea Mozart (1731–1751)
                • Theresia Franziska Mozart (1734–1800)
                • Lorenz Anton Mozart (1735–1736)
            • Maria Mozart (1652-1697)
            • David Mozart (1653–1710), a Conventual Franciscan
            • Johann Michael Mozart (1655–1718), sculptor
            • Anna Maria Mozart (1657-1725)
            • Catgarina Mozart (1659-1704)

Weber family

The Weber family became connected with the Mozart family through the marriage of Wolfgang Amadeus to Constanze. The family were from Zell im Wiesental, Germany and included:

Leopold Mozart, his wife and children

Wolfgang Mozart's wife and children

References

  1. ↑ "Leopold Alois Pantaleon von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg" geni.com Retrieved July 12, 2019
  2. ↑ "Henriette von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg" geni.com Retrieved July 12, 2019
  3. ↑ "Gustav Forschter" geni.com Retrieved July 12, 2019
  4. ↑ "Bertha Forschter" geni.com Retrieved July 12, 2019
  5. ↑ "Cäsar August Ernst von Bechtold zu Sonnenburg" geni.com Retrieved July 12, 2019
  6. ↑ Kiefer, Siegfried (2003). "Die Ahnentafel der Familie Weber". Constanze Mozart (in German). Archived from the original on 7 August 2004. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
  7. ↑ Massenbach, Camilla von (2007). "Franz Anton Weber". Links. Retrieved 29 September 2010.

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