47:. On 8 November 1771, Gustav's grandfather, Johann Jakob Franck, a patrician and a member of the Grand Council of the city of Mulhouse, married Rosina von Fries, who was thirteen years younger and the daughter of Baron Philipp von Fries, whose brother, Johann von Fries, was regarded as one of the richest men of his time. Johann Jakob Franck moved with his wife to
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Franck's father, Johann Jakob von Franck, a wholesale dealer, banker and art lover, inherited his grandfather's wealth and his title. The von Franck household was at the centre of artistic and intellectual life in Vienna. Literary figures and musicians frequented the household, among whom
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was a welcome guest during his stay in Vienna. Beethoven was the most well known pianist in Vienna at that time and he dedicated his sonata A-major, Opus 101 to
Baroness Dorothea von Ertmann, an aunt of Gustav on his mother's side.
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Gustav Ritter von Franck was born on 22 March 1807 in Vienna and was the son of the banker and businessman Johann Jakob Ritter von Franck and his wife Anna Maria, née
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On the pretext of a legal action against his paper Gustav von Franck was arrested and threatened with extradition to
Austria. His wife, Sophie, succeeded in getting him freed from the prison in Leipzig.
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including Moritz Ritter von Franck (Mayor of Graz) and Alfred Ritter von Franck (painter and arts professor). His oldest brother Karl von Franck (Minister of War and
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