Elisabeth Dorothea Schiller
Mother of Friedrich Schiller
About Elisabeth Dorothea Schiller
Lived 1732 – 1802 (aged 69). Elisabeth Dorothea Schiller was a German.
Elisabetha Dorothea Schiller (née Kodweiß; 13 December 1732 – 29 April 1802) was a German innkeeper's daughter, notable as the mother of the playwright Friedrich Schiller.
Life She was born in the small town of Marbach am Neckar to innkeeper Georg Friedrich Kodweiß (1698–1771) and his wife Anna Maria Munz (1698–1773). Anna was a farmer's daughter from the Röhracher Hof in Rietenau, whilst Georg was from a respectable family which had in earlier times had also managed the town's mayor's office. He acquired a certain wealth as innkeeper of the "Goldenen Löwen" in Marbach and had learned the trade of baking.
She died in Cleversulzbach, now part of Neuenstadt am Kocher.
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Who was Elisabeth Dorothea Schiller?
mother of Friedrich Schiller (1732-1802)
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Elisabeth Dorothea Schiller was born on 13 December 1732 in Marbach am Neckar.
When did Elisabeth Dorothea Schiller die?
Elisabeth Dorothea Schiller died on 29 April 1802 in Cleversulzbach.
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Elisabeth Dorothea Schiller was German.
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