Constance von Stumm (née Hoyt; May 20, 1889 – July 30, 1923) was an American heiress who married into a German aristocratic family.
Constance von Stumm | |
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 The Baroness von Stumm, 1915 | |
| Born | Constance Hoyt May 20, 1889 |
| Died | July 30, 1923 (aged 34) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Nora von Stumm |
| Parent(s) | Henry Martyn Hoyt Jr. Anne Morton McMichael |
| Relatives | Elinor Wylie (sister) Henry M. Hoyt (grandfather) |
Early life
editConstance was born on May 20, 1889, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was the third of five children born to Henry Martyn Hoyt Jr. (1856–1910)[1] and Anne Morton (née McMichael) Hoyt (1862–1949). Her elder siblings were the poet Elinor Wylie and artist Henry Martyn Hoyt III (who also committed suicide);[2] her younger siblings were Morton McMichael Hoyt,[3] and novelist Nancy McMichael Hoyt.[4][5]
Her paternal grandfather was Henry Martyn Hoyt, the Governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883.[6] Her maternal grandfather was Col. Morton McMichael Jr.,[7] "one of the foremost citizens of Philadelphia" who was president of the First National Bank of Philadelphia and a son of Mayor Morton McMichael.[1][8]
Personal life
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On March 30, 1910, Constance married German diplomat, Baron Ferdinand Carl von Stumm (1880–1954) in Washington, D.C. in a ceremony attended by President William Howard Taft.[9] Together, they were the parents of:[10]
- Nora von Stumm (1916–2000), who married Count Hyacinth Strachwitz.[11]
Baron von Stumm's father was Baron Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm.[12] His sister, Maria von Stumm,[13] married Prince Hermann von Hatzfeld (a son of the German Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Paul von Hatzfeldt, and his wife, Helene Moulton, an American).[14]
The Baroness von Stumm committed suicide on July 30, 1923, at age 34, in Bavaria, Germany.[15][8][16][17]
References
edit- ^ a b "HENRY M. HOYT DEAD; AIDED KNOX GREATLY; State Department Counselor Stricken While Negotiating for Canadian Reciprocity. HIS FINAL ILLNESS SHORT Had Served with Distinction as Solicitor General, and a New Office Was Created for Him". The New York Times. 21 November 1910. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "ARTIST FOUND DEAD IN HOME; Henry M. Hoyt Inhaled Illuminating Gas in Tenth Street Studio". The New York Times. 26 August 1920. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "MORTON M. HOYT". The New York Times. 22 August 1949. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ Poore, C. g (31 March 1935). "Elinor Wylie; ELINOR WYLIE. The Portrait of An Unknown Lady. By Nancy Hoyt. 203 pp. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. $2.50". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ O, David (25 April 2018). "Generation of Vipers". newyorkerstateofmind.com. A New Yorker State of Mind. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "EX-GOV. HENRY M. HOYT DEAD.; HIS CAREER IN PRIVATE LIVE, IN THE ARMY, AND IN POLITICS". The New York Times. 2 December 1892. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Milestones: Aug. 13, 1923". Time. 13 August 1923. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ a b "AMERICAN BARONESS DIES IN GERMANY Former Constance Hoyt, Wife of Baron von Stumm, Was Belle in Washington". Evening Star. 2 August 1923. p. 7. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Times, Special to The New York (31 March 1910). "PRESIDENT ATTENDS MISS HOYT'S WEDDING; Sees Daughter of Counsellor of State Department Wedded to Fredinand von Stumm. MISS BROWNSON A BRIDE Youngest Daughter of Rear Admiral Married to Lieut. Com. T. C. Hart--Admiral and Mrs. Dewey Guests". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Wenzel, George (1929). Deutscher Wirtschaftsfürer (in German). Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt. p. 2249. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Bagdonas, Raymond (19 January 2014). The Devil's General: The Life of Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz, "The Panzer Graf". Casemate. ISBN 978-1-61200-223-1. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "BARON VON STUMM DEAD.; German Diplomat, Who Married Miss Constance Hoyt, Dies at 82". The New York Times. 14 May 1925. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Times, Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph To the New York (19 February 1911). "BETROTHED TO A PRINCE.; Fraulein von Stumm to Wed Prince Herman von Hatzfeldt". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Diplomat, A. Veteran (12 March 1911). "SOME EUROPEAN NOBLES THAT ARE ALMOST AMERICANS; The Family Histories of Prince Hermann Hatzfeldt and Baroness Stumm, Who Are Soon to Wed, Show Their Close Relation to This Country". The New York Times. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Hively, Evelyn Helmick (2003). A Private Madness: The Genius of Elinor Wylie. Kent State University Press. pp. 11, 13, 15, 31–32. ISBN 978-0-87338-746-0. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Baroness Ferdinand von Stumm". The New York Times. 3 August 1923. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ Olson, Stanley (1979). Elinor Wylie: A Life Apart : a Biography. Dial Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8037-2316-0. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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