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Questions about Anna Maria Mozart

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Who was Anna Maria Mozart and why is she significant?

Anna Maria Walburga Mozart, born on the 25th of December 1720 in St. Gilgen, was the mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Maria Anna Mozart. She traveled with the family during their European prodigy tours from 1762 to 1768 and accompanied Wolfgang on his job-hunting tour through Augsburg, Mannheim, and Paris in 1777.

When and where did Anna Maria Mozart die?

Anna Maria Mozart died on the 3rd of July 1778 in Paris, following a sudden and undiagnosed illness that lasted fourteen days. She was buried in the cemetery of Saint-Eustache, but the exact location of her grave is no longer known.

How many children did Anna Maria Mozart have?

Anna Maria Mozart gave birth to seven children in just under eight years during the first decade of her marriage to Leopold Mozart. Only two survived infancy: Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia, known as Nannerl, and Johann Chrysostomus Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Where was Anna Maria Mozart born and what was her childhood like?

Anna Maria Pertl was born on the 25th of December 1720 in St. Gilgen in the Archbishopric of Salzburg. Her father died in 1724 leaving the family in poverty, and legal documents from 1733 and 1739 describe Anna Maria as constantly ill, noting a chronic cough and recurring fevers throughout her youth.

When did Anna Maria Mozart marry Leopold Mozart?

Anna Maria married Leopold Mozart in Salzburg on the 21st of November 1747. The couple moved into an apartment on the third floor of Getreidegasse 9, rented from Lorenz Hagenauer, a close friend of Leopold's.

What was Anna Maria Mozart's relationship with her son Wolfgang like?

According to Abert's reading of the family letters, Wolfgang loved and admired his mother to distraction. She was described as a true mother to both children, who sought refuge with her when their father's strict discipline was too harsh. Wolfgang wrote several letters to his father from Paris dealing with his grief after her death in 1778.