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Maria Barbara Bach

1684 - 1720

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Maria Barbara Bach (30 October [O.S. 20 October] 1684 – buried 7 July 1720) was a German singer and the first wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. She was also the daughter of his father's cousin Johann Michael Bach. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Barbara Bach is the 288th most popular companion (down from 200th in 2019), the 1,069th most popular biography from Germany (down from 746th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular German Companion.

Maria Barbara Bach is most famous for her work with the Bach family of composers. She was a singer and keyboard player, and she married Johann Sebastian Bach in 1707.

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Among companions, Maria Barbara Bach ranks 288 out of 784. Before her are Empress Kōjun, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Yevdokiya Lopukhina, Domitia Longina, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, and Hümaşah Sultan. After her are Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Bertrade de Montfort, Clodia Pulchra, Alberto Granado, Olivera Despina, and Kaya Sultan.

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Among people born in 1684, Maria Barbara Bach ranks 4. Before her are Catherine I of Russia, Jean-Antoine Watteau, and Ludvig Holberg. After her are Tokugawa Yoshimune, Francesco Durante, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Gottfried Walther, Jean Astruc, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, and Kimpa Vita. Among people deceased in 1720, Maria Barbara Bach ranks 4. Before her are Calico Jack, Sukjong of Joseon, and Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg. After her are Maria Margaretha Kirch, Antoine Coysevox, Edward England, Peter Tordenskjold, Anne Dacier, Abdul-Qādir Bedil, Giovanni Maria Lancisi, and Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Maria Barbara Bach ranks 1,069 out of 7,253. Before her are Stefan Lochner (1410), Carl von Linde (1842), Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513), Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp (1712), Alfred Brehm (1829), and Hanns Eisler (1898). After her are Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370), Alfred Naujocks (1911), John Frederick, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1625), Klaus Hasselmann (1931), Konrad Witz (1400), and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912).

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Among COMPANIONS In Germany

Among companions born in Germany, Maria Barbara Bach ranks 52. Before her are Christina of Saxony (1461), Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831), Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1754), and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792). After her are Hannah Pick-Goslar (1928), Dagmar of Bohemia (1186), Gertrude of Hohenberg (1225), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany (1227), Prince George William of Hanover (1915), and Gertrude of Merania (1185).

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