Who were Heinrich Heine’s parents?

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Portrait of German poet Heinrich Heine, circa 1827, seated with one arm resting on his knee and wearing a dark coat over a white shirt. — Heinrich Heine Heinrich Heine, c. 1827.

Heinrich Heine was born to Jewish parents. His father was a merchant described as handsome and kindly but somewhat ineffectual, while his mother was well-educated for her era and held sharp ambitions for her son's future.1