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How many of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s siblings survived into adulthood?
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, engraving by James Posselwhite, 19th century.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was the eldest of seven children, but only one of his siblings, his sister Cornelia (1750–1777), survived into adulthood.1