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'''Johann Nepomuk Hiedler''', also known as '''Johann Nepomuk Hüttler''' (19 March 1807 &ndash; 17 September 1888)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Johann Nepomuk Hiedler (1807-1888) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hiedler-6|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>, was a maternal great-grandfather<ref>Adolf Hitler's mother was Klara, and Klara's mother was Johanna. Johanna and her sister Walburga were the children of Johann Nepomuk and his wife, Eva Maria Decker Hiedler.</ref> and possibly also the paternal grandfather of [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>Marc Vermeeren. ''De jeugd van Adolf Hitler 1889-1907 en zijn familie en voorouders''. Soesterberg, 2007, 420 blz. Uitgeverij Aspekt. {{ISBN|90-5911-606-2}}.</ref><ref>See the Hitler family trees (online and others) shown and cited in article on [[Johann Georg Hiedler]].</ref>
'''Johann Nepomuk Hiedler''', also known as '''Johann Nepomuk Hüttler''' (19 March 1807 &ndash; 17 September 1888), was a maternal great-grandfather<ref>Adolf Hitler's mother was Klara, and Klara's mother was Johanna. Johanna and her sister Walburga were the children of Johann Nepomuk and his wife, Eva Maria Decker Hiedler.</ref> and possibly also the paternal grandfather of [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref>Marc Vermeeren. ''De jeugd van Adolf Hitler 1889-1907 en zijn familie en voorouders''. Soesterberg, 2007, 420 blz. Uitgeverij Aspekt. {{ISBN|90-5911-606-2}}.</ref><ref>See the Hitler family trees (online and others) shown and cited in article on [[Johann Georg Hiedler]].</ref>


Johann Nepomuk Hiedler was born to Martin Hiedler (1762–1829) and Anna Maria Göschl (1760–1854).<ref>See, e.g., Adolf Hitler's online family tree at about.com, [http://history1900s.about.com/library/holocaust/nhitanc.htm Online Family Tree]. Family trees can also be found in various Hitler biographies; see, e.g., ''Toland'', pp. 10–11; ''Kershaw'', p. 5.</ref>
Johann Nepomuk Hiedler was the final child born to Martin Hiedler (11 November 1762–10 January 1829)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Martin Hiedler (abt.1762-1829) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hiedler-3|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref> and his wife Anna Maria Göschl (23 August 1760&ndash;7 December 1854).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anna Maria (Göschl) Hiedler (abt.1760-abt.1854) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Göschl-2|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref> He was baptized as a Roman Catholic.<ref name=":0" /> His first two names are the same as the name of the [[Bohemian]] [[Saint]] [[John of Nepomuk|Johann von Nepomuk]]. Some consider this name as evidence that Nepomuk (and therefore his great-grandson Adolf Hitler) had Czech ancestry. However, Johann von Pomuk/Johann Nepomuk, was an important saint for Bohemians of both Czech and German ethnicity. Nepomuk thus may only indicate an association with Bohemia in general, or to someone else named Johann Nepomuk, since there is no evidence that any Hitler's ancestors were of Czech ancestry.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hamann|first=Brigitte|title=Hitler's Vienna: A Portrait of the Tyrant as a Young Man|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|year=2010|isbn=1848852770|pages=42}}</ref>
His first two names are the same as the name of the [[Bohemian]] [[Saint]] [[John of Nepomuk|Johann von Nepomuk]]. Some consider this name as evidence that Nepomuk (and therefore his great-grandson Adolf Hitler) had Czech ancestry. However, Johann von Pomuk/Johann Nepomuk, was an important saint for Bohemians of both Czech and German ethnicity. Nepomuk thus may only indicate an association with Bohemia in general, or to someone else named Johann Nepomuk.


Nepomuk became a relatively prosperous farmer and was married to Eva Maria Decker (1792–1873) who was fifteen years his senior. The couple had three children together, all girls:
Nepomuk became a relatively prosperous farmer and was married to Eva Maria Decker (1792–1873) who was fifteen years his senior. On 19 January 1830, Eva Hiedler gave birth to [[Johanna Hiedler|Johanna]]. Legally, he was the stepuncle of [[Alois Hitler|Alois Schicklgruber]] (later Alois Hitler), who was the stepson of his brother [[Johann Georg Hiedler]], an itinerant miller who may in fact have been Alois' natural father.


Johann Nepomuk informally adopted Alois during Alois' childhood. It is possible that he was, in fact, Alois' natural father but could not acknowledge this publicly due to his marriage. Another, and perhaps simpler, explanation for this kindness is simply that Nepomuk pitied the ten-year-old Alois, as Alois' stepfather's occupation was itinerant and his mother [[Maria Anna Schicklgruber|Maria]] died when Alois was 9 years old.
* [[Johanna Hiedler]] (19 January 1830–8 February 1906)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Johanna (Hiedler) Pölzl (1830-1906) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hiedler-1|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>
* Walburga Hüttler (11 April 1832–?)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Walburga (Huttler) Romeder (1832-) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Huttler-4|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>
* Josefa Hüttler (15 February 1834–13 May 1859)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Josefa (Huttler) Seiler (1834-1859) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Huttler-3|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>


Nepomuk willed Alois a considerable portion of his life savings. Nepomuk's granddaughter, [[Klara Hitler|Klara]], had a protracted affair with Alois before marrying him in 1885 after the death of Alois' second wife. In 1889 she gave birth to [[Adolf Hitler]].
On 15 September 1848, Johanna married Johann Baptist Pölzl (24 May 1828 – 9 January 1902)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Johann Baptist Pölzl (1828-1902) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pölzl-2|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>, a peasant farmer and the son of Lorenz Pölzl and Juliana (Walli) Pölzl.<ref name=":3" /> The couple would eventually have five sons and six daughters, and only three of these children would survive to adulthood:

* Johann Pölzl (14 October 1849 – 11 November 1849) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Johann Pölzl (1849-1849) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pölzl-9|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>
* Maria Pölzl (16 September 1851 – 10 October 1855) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Maria Pölzl (1851-1855) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pölzl-14|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>
* Barbara Pölzl (9 November 1853 – 7 September 1855) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Barbara Pölzl (1853-1855) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pölzl-7|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>
* Franz Pölzl (24 July 1855-?) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Franz Pölzl (1855-) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pölzl-8|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>
* Josef Pölzl (3 February 1857 – 21 April 1878) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Josef Pölzl (1857-1878) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pölzl-11|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>
* Anton Pölzl (12 June 1858 – 20 June 1863) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Anton Pölzl (1858-1863) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pölzl-5|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Klara Pölzl]] (12 August 1860 – 21 December 1907) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Klara (Pölzl) Hitler (1860-1907) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/P%C3%B6lzl-1|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com}}</ref>
* Johanna Pölzl (31 March 1863 – 29 March 1911) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Johanna Pölzl (1863-abt.1911) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pölzl-10|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>
* Karl Pölzl (19 October 1864 – 22 January 1865) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Karl Boris Pölzl (1864-1865) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pölzl-12|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>
* Theresia Pölzl (5 September 1868 – 15 August 1935) <ref>{{Cite web|title=Theresia (Pölzl) Schmidt (1868-1935) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pölzl-15|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref>

Walburga got married to Josef Romeder (born in 1835) on 25 January 1853, but had no children,<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Payne|first=Robert|title=The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler|publisher=Dorset Press|year=1990|isbn=0880294027|location=New York|pages=15}}</ref> and Josefa married Leopold Seiler (born 14 November 1832) on 1 March 1859.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leopold Seiler (1832-) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Seiler-204|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref> The marriage lasted just two months, bore no children, and Josefa died on 13 May 1859.<ref name=":1" />

Johann Nepomuk's wife, Eva Maria, died 28 December 1873, Johanna's mother Eva died at the age 71 in [[Spital (Weitra)]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Eva (Decker) Hiedler (1792-1873) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Decker-2645|access-date=2021-04-05|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref> His granddaughter, [[Klara Polzl|Klara Pölzl]], would eventually become the third wife of [[Alois Hitler]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kershaw|first=Ian|title=Hitler|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2013|location=London|pages=43}}</ref> Alois was the [[Legitimacy (family law)|illegitimate]] son of [[Maria Schicklgruber]], who had married Johann's older brother, [[Johann Georg Hiedler]] on 10 May 1842, who may in fact have been Alois' natural father. Alois would claim in his later life that Johann Georg Hiedler was not his stepfather, but in fact his biological father, since Johann Nepomuk informally adopted Alois during Alois' childhood. In June 1876, Johann and Alois both returned to [[Weitra]] and Johann testified before a Catholic notary that Johann Georg was Alois’ biologival father, who had abandoned the child as he himself was living in extreme poverty and couldn’t raise him, and had handed over his fatherhood responsibilities to Johann Nepomuk.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Payne|first=Robert|title=The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler|publisher=Brick Tower Press|year=1990|isbn=0880294027|location=New York|pages=15}}</ref> With the help of 3 close relatives, Alois was legitimized, and officially changed his name on 6 January 1877 at the age of 39, to Alois Hitler, and the priest then changed the details on the baptismal certificate from ''“Catholic, Male, Illegitimate”'' to ''“Johann Georg Hitler”'' under his father’s name.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Toland|first=John|title=Adolf Hitler: The Definitive Biography|publisher=Anchor Books|year=1992|isbn=1101872772|location=New York|pages=21}}</ref> However, it is also possible that Johanna Nepomuk himself was, in fact, Alois' natural father but could not acknowledge this publicly due to his marriage. Another, and perhaps simpler, explanation for this is simply that Nepomuk felt sorry for the 10-year-old Alois, as Alois' stepfather's occupation was itinerant and his mother [[Maria Anna Schicklgruber|Maria]] died when Alois was 9 years old due to [[tuberculosis]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Maria (Schicklgruber) Hiedler (1795-1847) {{!}} WikiTree FREE Family Tree|url=https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Schicklgruber-2|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.wikitree.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5" />

Nepomuk willed Alois a considerable portion of his life savings. Nepomuk's granddaughter, [[Klara Hitler|Klara]], had a protracted affair with Alois before marrying him on 7 January 1885 in Braunau Am Inn.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|last=Kershaw|first=Ian|title=Hitler|publisher=Penguin Books|year=2013|isbn=0141909595|location=London|pages=43}}</ref> after the death of Alois' second wife, Franziska Matzelsberger died on 10 August 1884, due to tuberclosis.<ref name=":22">{{Cite book|last=Payne|first=Robert|title=The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler|publisher=Dorset Press|year=1990|isbn=0880294027|location=New York|pages=17}}</ref>. On 20 April 1889 Klara gave birth to [[Adolf Hitler]]. <ref>https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hitler-3</ref>


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Johann Nepomuk Hiedler
Born(1807-03-19)19 March 1807
Weitra, Austrian Empire
Died17 September 1888(1888-09-17) (aged 81)
Weitra, Austria Hungary
NationalityAustrian
Other namesJohann Nepomuk Hüttler

Johann Nepomuk Hiedler, also known as Johann Nepomuk Hüttler (19 March 1807 – 17 September 1888), was a maternal great-grandfather[1] and possibly also the paternal grandfather of Adolf Hitler.[2][3]

Johann Nepomuk Hiedler was born to Martin Hiedler (1762–1829) and Anna Maria Göschl (1760–1854).[4] His first two names are the same as the name of the Bohemian Saint Johann von Nepomuk. Some consider this name as evidence that Nepomuk (and therefore his great-grandson Adolf Hitler) had Czech ancestry. However, Johann von Pomuk/Johann Nepomuk, was an important saint for Bohemians of both Czech and German ethnicity. Nepomuk thus may only indicate an association with Bohemia in general, or to someone else named Johann Nepomuk.

Nepomuk became a relatively prosperous farmer and was married to Eva Maria Decker (1792–1873) who was fifteen years his senior. On 19 January 1830, Eva Hiedler gave birth to Johanna. Legally, he was the stepuncle of Alois Schicklgruber (later Alois Hitler), who was the stepson of his brother Johann Georg Hiedler, an itinerant miller who may in fact have been Alois' natural father.

Johann Nepomuk informally adopted Alois during Alois' childhood. It is possible that he was, in fact, Alois' natural father but could not acknowledge this publicly due to his marriage. Another, and perhaps simpler, explanation for this kindness is simply that Nepomuk pitied the ten-year-old Alois, as Alois' stepfather's occupation was itinerant and his mother Maria died when Alois was 9 years old.

Nepomuk willed Alois a considerable portion of his life savings. Nepomuk's granddaughter, Klara, had a protracted affair with Alois before marrying him in 1885 after the death of Alois' second wife. In 1889 she gave birth to Adolf Hitler.

See also

References

  1. ^ Adolf Hitler's mother was Klara, and Klara's mother was Johanna. Johanna and her sister Walburga were the children of Johann Nepomuk and his wife, Eva Maria Decker Hiedler.
  2. ^ Marc Vermeeren. De jeugd van Adolf Hitler 1889-1907 en zijn familie en voorouders. Soesterberg, 2007, 420 blz. Uitgeverij Aspekt. ISBN 90-5911-606-2.
  3. ^ See the Hitler family trees (online and others) shown and cited in article on Johann Georg Hiedler.
  4. ^ See, e.g., Adolf Hitler's online family tree at about.com, Online Family Tree. Family trees can also be found in various Hitler biographies; see, e.g., Toland, pp. 10–11; Kershaw, p. 5.

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