Mozart family

The Mozart family are 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).

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

Mozart family
  1. David Motzhardt (?–1625/6), farmer in Pfersee, today a suburb of Augsburg
    1. David Motzhardt (1620–1685), bricklayer and master builder in Augsburg; built the tower of the church in Dillingen an der Donau; married Maria Negele (1622–1697)
      1. Daniel Mozart (1645–1683)
      2. 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
      3. Franz Mozart (1649–1694), master builder
        1. Johann Georg Mozart (4 May 1679 – 19 February 1736), bookbinder in Augsburg, married (i) Anna Maria Banegger, no children; (ii) Anna Maria Sulzer (1696–1766), 8 children including:
          1. Leopold Mozart (1719–1787), composer, married Anna Maria Pertl (1720–1778)
            1. Johann Leopold Joachim Mozart (1748–1749)
            2. Maria Anna Cordula (1749–1749)
            3. Maria Anna Nepomucena Walpurgis (1750–1750)
            4. Maria Anna Mozart (Nicknamed "Nannerl"), (1751–1829) married Johann Baptist Franz von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1736–1801)
              1. Leopold Alois Pantaleon von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1785–1840),[1] married Josephine Fuggs (1795-?)
                1. Henriette Berchtold Sonnenburg (1817–1890),[2] married Franz Forschter (1806–1871)
                  1. Gustav Forschter (1841–1875)[3]
                  2. Bertha Forschter (1842–1919)[4]
                2. Cäsar August Ernst von Bechtold zu Sonnenburg (1822–1822)[5]
              2. Jeanette von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1789–1805)
              3. Maria Babette von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg (1790–1791)
            5. Johann Karl Amadeus (1752–1753)
            6. Maria Crescentia Francisca de Paula (1754–1754)
            7. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), composer, married Constanze Weber (1762–1842)
              1. Raimund Leopold Mozart (1783–1783)
              2. Karl Thomas Mozart (1784–1858), official in the service of the Viceroy of Naples in Milan; unmarried and no children
              3. Johann Thomas Leopold Mozart (1786–1786)
              4. Theresia Constantia Adelhaid Friederica Marianna Mozart (1787–1788)
              5. Anna Maria Mozart (1789–1789)
              6. Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791–1844), composer and teacher; unmarried and no children
          2. Franz Alois Mozart (1727–1791), bookbinder in Augsburg, married Maria Victoria Eschenbach
            1. Maria Anna Thekla Mozart ("Bäsle") (1758–1841)
              1. Maria Josepha Berbier (1784–1842), married Franz Joseph Streitel
                1. Carl Joseph Streitel (c. 1803), died in infancy
          3. Five further sons, two daughters
      4. David Mozart (1653–1710), a Conventual Franciscan
      5. Johann Michael Mozart (1655–1718), sculptor
      6. Four daughters

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:

  1. Fridolin Weber (1691–1754), married Maria Eva Schlar[6]
    1. Franz Fridolin Weber (1733–1779), married Cäcilia Cordula Stamm (1727–1793)
      1. Josepha Weber (1758–1819), soprano, married (i) Franz de Paula Hofer (1755–96) (ii) Sebastian Mayer (1773–1835)
      2. Aloysia Weber (c. 1760–1839), soprano, married Joseph Lange (1751–1831)
      3. Constanze Weber (1762–1842), married (i) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) (ii) Georg Nikolaus von Nissen (1761–1826)
        1. six children by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as above
      4. Sophie Weber (1763–1846), singer, married Jakob Haibel (1762–1826)
    2. Franz Anton Weber (1734–1812)[7]
      1. Carl Maria von Weber (1786–1826), composer

Leopold Mozart, his wife and children

  • Leopold Mozart, c. 1765
  • Anna Maria Mozart née Pertl, c. 1775
  • Marie Anna Mozart ("Nannerl"), c. 1785
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Mozart's wife and children

  • Constanze Mozart née Weber, 1802
  • Franz Xaver Mozart and Karl Mozart. 1798

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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