Franziska Nietzsche

(1826–1897)

BIRTH

February 2, 1826

PLACE

Pobles, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

NAME

Franziska Oehler

DEATH

April 20, 1897

PLACE

Naumburg an der Saale, Germany

FAMILY

HUSBAND

Carl Ludwig Nietzsche

(1813–1849)

HOMES

RELIGIOUS VIEWS

CHRISTIAN

LUTHERAN

MEMBERSHIPS

AWARDS

Franziska Oehler Nietzsche was Friedrich Nietzsche’s mother. She raised him and his sister after her husband’s death in 1849.

EARLY LIFE

Her father David Ernst Oehler was a pastor in Pobles near Röcken.

CAREER

DEATH

Franziska cared for her son Friedrich in Naumburg for years after his collapse. Her own health worsened in late 1896, and she died there on April 20, 1897. A biographical study identifies cancer as her illness; an early biography says she had been in poor health for several years.