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Franz Mozart

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Commemorative plaque for Franz Mozart in Augsburg
Franz Mozart
Born 3 October 1649
Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died 1693 or 1694 (aged 44–45)
Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire
Occupation Bricklayer
Children 3 including Johann Georg Mozart, Franz Mozart (sculptor)
Father David Mozart
Relatives Leopold Mozart (grandson), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Great grandson), Hans Georg Mozart (brother)

Franz Mozart (3 October 1649 – 1693 or 1694) was a German mason. He was father of the bookbinder Johann Georg Mozart, the grandfather of Leopold Mozart, and the great-grandfather of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

The son of bricklayer David Mozart (1621–1685), Franz worked as a master mason and lived in the Fuggerei beginning in 1681. He was born in Augsburg and died there. A commemorative plaque at his house there, Mittlere Gasse Nr. 14, commemorates him today.

Franz Mozart is not to be confused with his great-great-grandson Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, the youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.