Editing Sebastian Brant (section)

== Personal life ==
In 1485 he had married Elisabeth Bürg, the daughter of a [[cutlery|cutler]] in the town.<ref>Wilhelmi, Thomas (ed.).p.15</ref> Brant was the father of seven children.<ref name=":7">Wilhelmi, Thomas (ed.).p.18</ref> Two of the godfathers to the children were [[Johann Amerbach]] and [[Johann Froben]].<ref name=":7" /> Keen for his eldest son Onophrius to become a humanist, he taught him Latin in the cradle and enrolled him in the university at the age of seven. Onophrius was to study law with [[Ulrich Zasius]] in [[Freiburg im Breisgau|Freiburg]].<ref name=":8">Wilhelmi, Thomas (ed.).p.19</ref> Later he would be employed in the public service in Strasbourg.<ref name=":8" /> His daughter Anna was married to Paul Butz, Sebastian Brants successor.<ref name=":8" /> He at times signed as '''Titio''', a rarely used Latin term for firebrand, mostly when it rhymed.<ref name=":5">Wilhelmi, Thomas (ed.).p.12</ref> [[Johannes Trithemius]] seemed to be more fond of the name than Brant himself, though.<ref name=":5" />

He died in Strasbourg.