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How many children did J S Bach have?

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Bach married his second cousin Maria Barbara Bach in 1707. They had seven children, four of whom survived to adulthood:

Catharina Dorothea (28 December 1708 - 14 January 1774).
Wilhelm Friedemann (22 November 1710 - 1 July 1784).
Carl Philipp Emanuel (8 March 1714 - 14 December 1788).
Johann Gottfried Bernhard (11 May 1715 - 27 May 1739).

Maria died in 1720, and Bach married Anna Magdalena Wickle in 1721. They had a further thirteen children, six of whom survived to adulthood:

Gottfried Heinrich (1724-63)
Elisabeth Juliana Friederica, called "Lieschen" (1726-81)
Johann Christoph Friedrich, the 'Bückeburg' Bach (1732-95)
Johann Christian, the 'London' Bach (1735-82)
Johanna Carolina (1737-81)
Regina Susanna (1742-1809)

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