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Constance Hoyt

1889 – 1923

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Lived 1889 – 1923 (aged 34). Constance Hoyt was an American.

Constance von Stumm ( 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) and Anne Morton ( McMichael) Hoyt (1862–1949). Her elder siblings were the poet Elinor Wylie and artist Henry Martyn Hoyt III (who also committed suicide); her younger siblings were Morton McMichael Hoyt, and novelist Nancy McMichael Hoyt.

Her paternal grandfather was Henry Martyn Hoyt, the Governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1883. Her maternal grandfather was Col. Morton McMichael Jr., "one of the foremost citizens of Philadelphia" who was president of the First National Bank of Philadelphia and a son of Mayor Morton McMichael. Together, they were the parents of:

Nora von Stumm (1916–2000), who married Count Hyacinth Strachwitz.

Baron von Stumm's father was Baron Ferdinand Eduard von Stumm. His sister, Maria von Stumm, 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).

The Baroness von Stumm committed suicide on July 30, 1923, at age 34, in Bavaria, Germany.

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Constance, Baroness von Stumm, Constance von Stumm

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Parent
Henry M. Hoyt (Solicitor General)

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Constance Hoyt?

(1889-1923)

When was Constance Hoyt born?

Constance Hoyt was born on 20 May 1889 in Pennsylvania.

When did Constance Hoyt die?

Constance Hoyt died on 30 July 1923 in Bavaria.

What nationality was Constance Hoyt?

Constance Hoyt was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Constance Hoyt

· Wikidata: Q102437984

· DBpedia: Constance, Baroness von Stumm

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