Johanna van Beethoven (c.1784-1868)
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The women in Beethoven's life

2. Johanna van Beethoven (c.1784-1868)
Beethoven's brother Carl married Johanna Reiss on 25 May 1806, prompting Ludwig to write many years later, 'My brother's marriage was as much an indication of his immorality as of his folly'...