Alois Hitler

Austrian civil servant; father of Adolf Hitler (1837-1903)

  • Fame58.7
  • Momentum0.2
  • Austria rank#167
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  • Fame58.7
  • Momentum0.2
  • Austria rank#167
  • Wikipedia75.2K
Lived 1837–1903, aged 66Austria
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    55 languages
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  • Rank in Austria
    #167
  • Era
    1837–1903
    Aged 66
Summary
Updated 2026-08-18

An Austrian customs official whose obscure life would be wholly forgotten if not for his son Adolf. The uncertain bloodline, the name change that produced "Hitler," and the brutal household he presided over became historical footnotes only because of what followed.

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Alois Schicklgruber was born out of wedlock on 7 June 1837; his mother was Maria Schicklgruber, but his biological father remains unknown. In 1876, he persuaded Austrian authorities to acknowledge his deceased stepfather Johann Georg Hiedler as his father, then changed his surname accordingly — the officials misspelled it "Hitler." That same year, still married to his first wife Anna, he hired a relative named Klara as a servant and began an affair with her. After his second wife Franziska died and Klara became pregnant, he married Klara in 1885, despite the murky possibility she was his first…

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58.7
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Momentum0.2
Historical25.0
Now attention6.9
Source confidence60.0
Completeness50.0
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