Martin Luther

MARTIN LUTHER: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY
PROF. M. M. NINAN
His mother, Margaret Ziegler (1463-1531), was conspicuous for "modesty, the fear of God, and
prayerfulness" ("Corpus Reformatorum", Halle, 1834).
Margarethe Luther (Lindemann)
Mother of Martin Luther
Birthdate: 1463
Birthplace: Neustadt an der Saale, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Death:
June 30, 1531
Mansfeld, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Immediate
Family:
Daughter of Johannes Lindemann and Margaretha Lindemann
Wife of Johann Luther
Martin Luther was born to Hans Luder (or Ludher, later Luther) and his wife Margarethe (née
Lindemann) on 10 November 1483 in Eisleben, Saxony, then part of the Holy Roman Empire. He
was baptized the next morning on the feast day of St. Martin of Tours. His family moved to
Mansfield in 1484, where his father was a leaseholder of copper mines and smelters and served as
one of four citizen representatives on the local council. The religious scholar Martin Marty describes
Luther's mother as a hard-working woman of "trading-class stock and middling means" and notes
that Luther's enemies later wrongly described her as a whore and bath attendant.
Jacob Luther brother of Martin Luther with whom Martin was very close
He had 3 sisters and 3 brothers Dr. Martin Luther; Barbara Luther (1485-1520); unknown Luther;
Jacob Luther(1490 -1571); Elisabeth Von Bora Haugwitz Monrad (1506-1539) Elisabeth Luther
( c1470 -1517)and 1 others
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