Ludwig van Beethoven Born the December 17th 1770 at Bonn Died the March 26th 1827 at Vienna Ludwig had two sisters, but they did not have any children. Only one of his four brothers had a child. The child was a boy, named Carl.

Jan Van Beethoven and Maria Magdelena Keverig Married November 12th 1767 at Bonn (these two portraits are probably not authentic)
Born in March 1740 at Bonn Died December 18th 1792 also at Bonn	Born December 19th 1746 at Ehrenbreitstein Died July 17th 1787 at Bonn Daughter of Heinrich Keverich (1702-1759) and Anna Clara Westorff (1707 - 1768)

Lodewijk Van Beethoven and Maria Josepha Poll Married September 17th 1733 at Bonn
Born January 5th 1712 at Mechelen in Belgium (Malines) Died December 24th 1773 at Bonn		Born in 1714 Died Spetember 30th 1775 at Bonn

Michael Van Beethoven and Maria Louisa Stuyckers Married October 18th 1707 at Mechelen
Born February 15th 1684 at Mechelen Died June 28th 1749 at Bonn	Born April 23rd 1685 at Mechelen Died December 8th 1749 at Bonn

Cornelius Van Beethoven and Catharina Van Leempoel Married February 12th 1673 at Mechelen
Born October 20th 1641 at Bertem Died March 29th 1716 at Mechelen	Born in 1642 Died in 1729

Hendrik Van Beethoven and Catharina Van Boevendeke Married July 17th 1594 at Boortmeerbeek
Born around 1572 at Kampenhout Died June 4th 1652 at Boortmeerbeek	Died September 11th 1638 at Boortmeerbeek

Arnoldus (or Aert) Van Beethoven and Josiana Van Vlesselaer Married 1568 at Kampenhout
Born around 1535 at Kampenhout Died in 1609 at Kampenhout
Arnoldus (Aert) Van Beethoven and Petronella (Pierryne) Geerts Married February 1st 1600 at Haacht It was this remarriage of Aert which created the branch of the family Van Beethoven from which we descend... - Take a look to our family tree, from Aert to us -

Marcus Van Beethoven and Anna Smets Married in 1571 at Kampenhout
Born around 1510

Jan Van Beethoven Born around 1485

Here is the family tree put together in 1947 by Joseph SCHMIDT-GÖRG, one of the two most serious reserchers concerning the ancestors of Beethoven. This reproduction is at the Beethovenhaus at Bonn.

The other researcher is Raymond van AERDE, a Flem who opened the right doors to the research..

NB: even scanned at high resolution, the names remain incredibly difficult to read...