<sod>Baeyer was born in [[Berlin]] as the son of {{ill|de|Johann Jacob Baeyer}} (1794-1885<ref name=":1" />), an [[Prussian]] [[officer]], which reached the rank of [[lieutenant general]], and a well-known geodesist, and his wife Eugenie Hitzig (1807–1843).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1905/baeyer-bio.html |title=Adolf von Baeyer - Biographical |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=1917-08-20 |accessdate=2013-12-09}}</ref> His father was a [[Lutheran]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Baeyer&GSfn=Johann&GSmn=Jacob&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=115866487&df=all&|title=Johann Jacob Baeyer (1794 - 1885) - Find A Grave Memorial|website=www.findagrave.com|access-date=2016-07-17}}</ref> His mother was daughter of [[Julius Eduard Hitzig]], member of the Jewish [[Itzig family]], who converted to Christianity in order to marry his father.<ref>{{Citation needed|date=February 2016}}</ref>  Baeyer had four sisters: Clara (1826-) Emma (1831-), Johanna (Jeanette) (1839-), Adelaide (†1843) and two brothers: Georg (1829-), Edward (1832-). Baeyer lost his mother at young age while she was giving birth to his sister Adelaide.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XewbBAAAQBAJ|title=Brücken aus Papier: Atlantischer Wissenstransfer in dem Briefnetzwerk des deutsch-amerikanischen Ehepaars Francis und Mathilde Lieber, 1827-1872|last=Schnurmann|first=Claudia|date=2014-10-15|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|others=Note 1445|isbn=9783643126788|location=Germany|pages=371|language=de|via=}}</ref><eod>
<sod>Baeyer was born in [[Berlin]] as the son of {{ill|de|Johann Jacob Baeyer}} (1794-1885<ref name=":1" />), a [[Prussian]] [[officer]] who reached the rank of [[lieutenant general]] and a well-known geodesist, and his wife Eugenie Hitzig (1807–1843).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1905/baeyer-bio.html |title=Adolf von Baeyer - Biographical |publisher=Nobelprize.org |date=1917-08-20 |accessdate=2013-12-09}}</ref> His father was a [[Lutheran]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Baeyer&GSfn=Johann&GSmn=Jacob&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=115866487&df=all&|title=Johann Jacob Baeyer (1794 - 1885) - Find A Grave Memorial|website=www.findagrave.com|access-date=2016-07-17}}</ref> His mother was daughter of [[Julius Eduard Hitzig]], member of the Jewish [[Itzig family]], who converted to Christianity in order to marry his father.<ref>{{Citation needed|date=February 2016}}</ref>  Baeyer had four sisters: Clara (1826-) Emma (1831-), Johanna (Jeanette) (1839-), Adelaide (†1843) and two brothers: Georg (1829-), Edward (1832-). Baeyer lost his mother at young age while she was giving birth to his sister Adelaide.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XewbBAAAQBAJ|title=Brücken aus Papier: Atlantischer Wissenstransfer in dem Briefnetzwerk des deutsch-amerikanischen Ehepaars Francis und Mathilde Lieber, 1827-1872|last=Schnurmann|first=Claudia|date=2014-10-15|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|others=Note 1445|isbn=9783643126788|location=Germany|pages=371|language=de|via=}}</ref><eod>