Dorothea Grimm

Dorothea Grimm
1808 portrait of Dorothea by her son Ludwig
Born
Dorothea Zimmer

November 20, 1755
DiedMay 27, 1808(1808-05-27) (aged 52)
Kassel, Hesse, Germany
Resting placeAltstädter Cemetery, Kassel
NationalityGerman
Spouse
(m. 1783)
Children9, including Jacob, Wilhelm, and Ludwig
RelativesLudwig Hassenpflug (son-in-law)

Dorothea Grimm (née Zimmer; November 20, 1755 – May 27, 1808) was the mother to the "Brothers Grimm" Jacob and Wilhelm, and seven other children, including Ludwig Emil Grimm and Charlotte Amalie Grimm.