The son, whom he had adored, was heartbroken. His parish had been given to him by the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV himself. His father, Karl Ludwig (1813–1849), was also a pastor and tutor to the Duke of Saxony’s daughters. In 1796 Nietzsche’s grandfather was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Königsberg for his defence of Christianity ( Gamaliel), written in an attempt to calm the spiritual unrest caused by the French Revolution. His paternal grandfather, Friedrich August Ludwig (1756–1826), was an outstanding preacher. What we do know is that five generations of Nietzsche’s family produced 20 clergymen! If we are to believe his grandmother, the Nietzsches were descended from. Riedrich Nierzsche was born in Röcken near Leipzig in Saxony on 15 October 1844.
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