Maria Elisabetha Lämmerhirt

Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt (February 24, 1644, Erfurt – May 1, 1694) was the mother of eight children, and the wife of Johann Ambrosius Bach. Her most famous son was Johann Sebastian Bach. Maria Elisabeth was a daughter of Valentin Lammerhirt, a furrier and town councilor in Erfurt. Her sister Martha Dorothea became the mother of composer and lexicographer Johann Gottfried Walther.