BCITORGB wrote:

Fortunately Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora and had 5 children.

That's where the Usenet is so useful -- we can all learn... your
response caused me to do some research and i came up with slightly
different info..

"1525 heiratete sie Martin Luther. Dem Ehepaar wurden sechs Kinder
geboren, von denen vier das Erwachsenenalter erreichten." -- 6 kids, 4
of whom survived into adulthood... who knows which source is correct,
but thanks for sending me on a learning journey.

The "5 children" factoid came from extras with the DVD movie "Luther"
starring Joseph Fiennes, Bruno Ganz, Peter Ustinov, and Claire Cox.

The first daughter (second child) Elisabeth died soon, 8 months old.
The second daughter (third child) Magdalena lasted until 13 years old.
The other four (three sons and one daughter) lived until adulthood.
One son became a lawyer, one a theologian, one a physician, and the
third daughter Margarethe married into a wealthy Prussian family.
So any number from 4 to 6 is correct, I'd say.