Constanze Mozart

About

Austrian singer best recognized as the wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. She later became his biographer with her second husband. 

Before Fame

Before she married Mozart, he was actually in love with her sister Aloysia. 

Trivia

After Mozart died in 1791, she obtained a pension from the emperor, organized profitable memorial concerts, and embarked on a campaign to publish the works of her late husband. 

Family Life

Her mother was Cäcilia Weber and her father was Fridolin Weber. She and her sisters, Josepha, Aloysia, and Sophie were all trained as singers. She and Mozart had six children: Karl Thomas Mozart, Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, and four others who died in infancy. In 1809, she married Georg Nikolaus von Nissen.

Associated With

Her father's half-brother was the father of composer Carl Maria von Weber.