Constance, Baroness von Stumm

Constance von Stumm
The Baroness von Stumm, 1915
Born
Constance Hoyt

(1889-05-20)May 20, 1889
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedJuly 30, 1923(1923-07-30) (aged 34)
Bavaria, Germany
Spouse
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(m. 1910)​
ChildrenNora von Stumm
Parent(s)Henry Martyn Hoyt Jr.
Anne Morton McMichael
RelativesElinor Wylie (sister)
Henry M. Hoyt (grandfather)

Constance von Stumm (née Hoyt; May 20, 1889 – July 30, 1923) was an American heiress who married into a German aristocratic family.

Early life

Constance 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

Baron and Baroness von Stumm

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]

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "MORTON M. HOYT". The New York Times. 22 August 1949. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ O, David (25 April 2018). "Generation of Vipers". newyorkerstateofmind.com. A New Yorker State of Mind. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Milestones: Aug. 13, 1923". Time. 13 August 1923. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Wenzel, George (1929). Deutscher Wirtschaftsfürer (in German). Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt. p. 2249. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ "Baroness Ferdinand von Stumm". The New York Times. 3 August 1923. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  17. ^ 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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