Elisabeth Luther () was the first daughter and second child born to German priest and iconic figure of the

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and his wife, Katharina von Bora. She did not survive infancy.

Life

Elisabeth Luther was born on in

Wittenberg Wittenberg, officially Lutherstadt Wittenberg, is the fourth-largest town in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany. It is situated on the River Elbe, north of Leipzig and south-west of the reunified German ...

as the second child but first daughter of the newly-wed couple, who had been married for just two years. The infant was born quite sickly, possibly due to her mother's exposure to the

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.Luther, the Church Leader (1526–1537)
''Susanlynnpeterson.com/luther'' Katharina wrote: Little Elisabeth died on in

and she was buried in the Stadtkirche Wittenberg.

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