Catharina Elisabeth Goethe
(1731–1808)
BIRTH
February 19, 1731
PLACE
Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire
NAME
Catharina Elisabeth Textor
DEATH
September 13, 1808
PLACE
Frankfurt am Main
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Johann Caspar Goethe
(1710–1782)
CHILDREN
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
(1749-1832)
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Catharina Elisabeth Textor Goethe was the mother of poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and his sister Cornelia. Known as Frau Aja, she wrote lively letters and maintained a broad literary circle.
EARLY LIFE
She was a daughter of Frankfurt official Johann Wolfgang Textor and married Johann Caspar Goethe in 1748.
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DEATH
Catharina Elisabeth Goethe died in Frankfurt on September 13, 1808, of what a Frankfurt biographical reference calls 'Brustwassersucht' (heart failure). She was buried two days later in the Textor family grave at Petersfriedhof. The grave now lies within the neighboring Liebfrauenschule schoolyard.
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