Emilia died very young. Frederick was closest with Ludwika.
Ludwika was the eldest of her siblings, born on April 6, 1807. She was a writer and composer. As an older sister, she took care of Frederick and taught him to read and write in Polish and French.
In the 1820s she composed mazurkas, one of which Frederick wrote was "perfect and Warsaw had never danced such a thing".
She created literature, at first more in the form of literary stories, to eventually create didactic literature. She was involved in the cultural life of Warsaw, as well as in charity work, in which she collaborated with her younger sister Isabella.
It was Ludwika who secretly transported Chopin's heart to Warsaw. Ludwika died of cholera on October 29, 1855.
Isabella was Frederick's younger sister by one year, born in July 1811. Information about her early years is scarce, probably due to the talent of her older siblings, who overshadowed her.
After the fall of the November Uprising, she and Ludwika were active in the Patriotic Union of Polish Ladies' Charities. She was the longest-lived of Frederick's siblings, dying on June 3, 1881.
Emilia was Chopin's youngest sister, born on November 9, 1812. She was artistically gifted. Together with her youngest sister, young Frederick wrote poems and comedies. She died of tuberculosis at the age of 14.
