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Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven
Brother of Ludwig van Beethoven
Nikolaus Johann van Beethoven (2 October 1776 – 12 January 1848)[2] was a brother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven.
Life
He was born in Bonn, youngest son of Johann van Beethoven and his wife Maria Magdalena Keverich.[3] He trained to be a pharmacist; he moved in 1795 to Vienna, where his brothers Ludwig and Kaspar lived.
He wished to be known as Johann, in memory of their late father. He worked in Vienna as a pharmacist's assistant, and in 1808 he opened a pharmacy in Linz.[4][5]
In 1809, Napoleon invaded Austria, establishing base camp in Linz for wounded soldiers.
Johann supplied the French army with their medical needs; this enabled Johann to prosper.[4][5]
In 1812 Johann announced that he intended to marry Thérèse Obermeyer, his housekeeper.
Ludwig van Beethoven, returning home from a stay at the spa resort of Teplitz, visited his brother