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Did Christoph Willibald Gluck and Marianne Pergin have children?
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Gluck, detail of a painting by Joseph Siffred Duplessis, 1775; in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Christoph Willibald Gluck and his wife, Marianne Pergin, did not have any children together. Their marriage, which began on September 15, 1750, in Vienna, was described as harmonious. Later in life, the couple adopted Gluck's niece, also named Marianne.1