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