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Catharina Schmuck
(1621–1664)
BIRTH
November 5, 1621
PLACE
Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony
DEATH
February 6, 1664
PLACE
Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony
FAMILY
HUSBAND
Friedrich Leibniz
(1597–1652)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
CHRISTIAN
LUTHERAN
MEMBERSHIPS
AWARDS
Catharina Schmuck was the mother of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. She was a daughter of Leipzig jurist and professor Wilhelm Schmuck and the third wife of Friedrich Leibniz.
EARLY LIFE
CAREER
DEATH
Catharina Schmuck raised Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and his younger sister after their father's death. A scholarly biography states that she died of a respiratory infection on February 16, 1664. German authority records give February 6; the ten-day difference may reflect the Julian and Gregorian calendars then in use.
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