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(in the War of the Austrian Succession) in 1743 and never recovered fully; he suffered a weak constitution, chronic pain, and asthma for the remainder of his life. The oldest of their daughters, Sophia Elizabeth Herschel (1733-1803), was sixteen years older, and the only surviving girl besides Caroline. She married violinist Joachim Heinrich Griesbach (1730-1773) when Caroline was five, which resulted in the younger girl being tasked with much of the household

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