Eight children by his wife Clara Wieck Schumann: Marie Schumann, born
September 1 1841; Elise Schumann, born April 25 1843; Julie Schumann,
born March 11 1845; Emil Schumann, born February 8 1846; Ludwig
Schumann, born January 20 1848; Ferdinand Schumann, born July 16 1849;
Eugenie Schumann, born December 1 1851; and Felix Schumann, born June
11 1854. Like his father, Ludwig Schumann suffered from mental illness
and spent 31 years in a mental hospital.