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Allene Tew

May 07, 2024

Allene Tew Hostetter Nichols Burchard Reuß zu Köstritz de Kotzebue (July 7, 1872 – May 1, 1955)[1] was an American socialite during the Gilded Age who became a European aristocrat by marriage.

Allene Tew
Born(1872-07-07)July 7, 1872
Janesville, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedMay 1, 1955(1955-05-01) (aged 82)
Cap d'Ail, France
Spouses
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    (m. 1891; died 1902)​
  • Morton Colton Nichols
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    (m. 1904; div. 1905)​
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    (m. 1912; died 1927)​
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    (m. 1929; div. 1935)​
  • Count Pavel de Kotzebue
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    (m. 1936⁠–⁠1955)​
Children3

Early life edit

Allene Tew was born in Janesville, Wisconsin, on July 7, 1872.[2] Her father, Charles Henry Tew, was a banker in Jamestown, New York, and her mother was Janet (née Smith) Tew.[3][4]

She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. As such, she had to provide documentation that she was a descendant of someone who fought in the American Revolutionary War.[5] She may have doctored the evidence in order to encourage Mrs. Astor, the self-proclaimed queen of aristocratic American society at the turn of the century, to accept her as a member of the upper class despite her middle class upbringing, premarital pregnancy, and shotgun wedding.[6]

Personal life edit

First marriage edit

She married the first of her five husbands, Theodore Rickey Hostetter, a polo player and yachtsman who was one of the wealthiest men of Pittsburgh, in 1891.[7] Tod, as he was known, was the youngest son of Rosetta (née Rickey) Hostetter and David Hostetter, a prominent businessman and banker.[8] They had apartments in New York City at 8 East 65th Street and several country homes including Raccoon Farm in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, complete with polo grounds and golf links, and a summer house at Narragansett Pier.[9] Together, Tod and Allene were the parents of three children:

  • Greta Hostetter (1892–1918), who married Glenn L. Stewart (1884–1957).[7] She had her debut at Sherry's in 1911.[10]
  • Verna Hostetter (1893–1895), who died in early childhood.[7]
  • Theodore Rickey Hostetter Jr. (1897–1918), who was killed in World War I.[7]

Hostetter died of pneumonia on August 3, 1902, at the age of 32. He contracted a cold on his yacht Seneca during a trip to Larchmont, New York, to visit his brother Herbert.[9] His estate was valued at $1,349,196, which included shares of the Union Trust Company, the Pennsylvania Gas Goal Company, the Monongahela Coal Company, the Pittsburgh, Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad, and the Hostetter Company, the family firm.[11] After his death, it was reported that Tod had lost $1,000,000 in one year because of gambling.[12] Reportedly, "[b]efore he was buried the gamblers who claimed that the young man owed them large sums called upon the widow to effect a settlement."[12]

Second marriage edit

After Hostetter's death she married Morton Colton Nichols at St. Thomas's Church by the Rev. Dr. Ernest M. Stires on December 27, 1904.[13] Nichols had previously been rumored to be engaged to Vivien Sartoris, daughter of Nellie Grant and granddaughter of President Ulysses S. Grant.[14] After their honeymoon in Canada, Allene and Morton, a real estate investor with Ladd & Nichols, lived at 3 East 67th Street while their new residence on Park Avenue and 37th Street was being constructed.[15] They divorced a year later in 1905 and she resumed the name of Hostetter. In August 1932, Nichols hanged himself in a suite at the Pierre Hotel in New York.[16]

Third marriage edit

Her third husband was Anson Wood Burchard, whom she married on December 4, 1912, in London.[17] Among those present at the wedding were Burchard's best man, Edwin W. Rice, Lord and Lady Greville (Lady Greville, a fellow American, was the former Olive Grace, widow of Henry Kerr),[18] the Comte de Paris, Mrs. Hinsdill Parsons (Anson's sister and the wife of GE's General Counsel), Capt. and the Hon. Mrs. Feilden, among others.[19] At the time of their wedding, Burchard, a son of Walter Howard Burchard, was assistant to the President of General Electric.[10] He later served as a director and vice-chairman of the company.[20] In Manhattan, they were listed in the Social Register and resided at 57 East 64th Street on the Upper East Side, in a townhouse designed by architect C. P. H. Gilbert.[21] In 1925, they purchased 690 Park Avenue from Mrs. Henry P. Davison.[22] In Paris, they resided at 4 Rue d'Aguesseau in the 8th arrondissement.[23]

During their marriage, both of Allene's children from her first marriage who lived to adulthood died within the same week in 1918.[24] Her husband died suddenly at the home of Mortimer L. Schiff on January 22, 1927.[25][26] His estate was valued in excess of $3,000,000.[27] Burchard's nephew, Seth Rosewater (son of Charles Rosewater, a part owner of the Omaha Bee), changed his last name "to Burchard in order to keep the Burchard name alive" and to inherit the millions left by his uncle.[24]

Fourth marriage edit

In October 1928, Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz accompanied her to the Moulton musicale celebrating Arthur J. Moulton's restoration of the historic Chateau de la Verrières in Verrières-le-Buisson, formerly owned by the Comte de Lavalette, Napoleon's aide-de-camp in his Italian campaign.[28] Allene had recently purchased a new house at 33 Rue Bardet de Jouy in France,[28] the former residence of the Comtesse de Montebello.[29] In January 1929, she chartered the Indiana, a luxurious houseboat referred to as a "floating palace", to travel up the Nile River in Egypt. Prince Heinrich, known as Henry in the American press, was among her guests, as was Lord Greville and Lady Greville.[29]

In Paris on April 10, 1929, she married Prince Heinrich as her fourth husband.[30] Capt. Steele, naval attaché of the embassy in Paris, gave the bride in marriage. The guests at the wedding included German Ambassador Prince Heinrich XXXII and Prince Heinrich XXXIV.[31] Her new husband was a member of one of the oldest reigning houses in Europe and a grandson of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach through his mother Princess Marie. He had been divorced in 1922 from Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia, niece of German Emperor Wilhelm II. He served as an officer in the Second Dragoons Guard, the regiment of the Empress Alexandra of Russia, and was in the diplomatic service with the German embassy in Paris.[31] During their marriage, she was known for her entertaining, including throwing a debut party at the Waldorf-Astoria for her stepdaughter, Princess Marie Luise Reuss zu Köstritz in 1932.[32][33]

She became Princess of Reuss, and it was her secretary who announced in June 1935 that the Prince and Princess had divorced.[34][35]

Fifth marriage edit

Her fifth husband was Capt. Count Pavel de Kotzebue, who was known as Paul de Kotzebue in the American Press, whom she married on March 4, 1936, in Geneva, Switzerland.[36][37] He was born on February 20, 1884, in Kremenetz and his uncle, Ernest Karlevich Kotzebue, was the Russian Ambassador to the U.S. from October 31, 1895, to October 28, 1897.[36][38][39] It was his first marriage and their guests included Prince Ferdinand of Lippe-Weissenfeld, Prince Lobanoff of Lausanne and Colonel Alexander Kotzebue, the Count's brother. In 1940, they bought Beechwood, the former Newport cottage of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor from Mrs. Astor's grandson, Vincent Astor.[1] They entertained extensively in Newport,[40][41] including an elaborate garden party for the benefit of the Newport Chapter of the American Red Cross.[42] They lived in New York, Paris, and Palm Beach.[38][a]

She negotiated on behalf of Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld leading up to his marriage to princess (and subsequently queen) Juliana of the Netherlands because she was a friend of his mother's (Armgard von Cramm).[46] In 1938, she became godmother to their eldest daughter, princess Beatrix, later Queen of the Netherlands.[47][48]

She died at her villa in Cap d'Ail on the French Riviera on May 1, 1955, at the age of eighty-two.[1] At the time of her death, her New York residence was 740 Park Avenue, considered to be "the most luxurious and powerful residential building in New York City".[49] After her death, six of her cousins filed claims contesting her $20,113,000 will, which reportedly was the largest filed in Newport Probate Court.[50] Count Kotzebue, who had been president of the Russian Nobility Association in America (RNA) from 1942 until 1953, died in Paris on 13 September 1966.[2]

Notes edit

  1. ^ In Palm Beach, Mar-a-Lago was the residence of the second United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union from November 1936 until June 1938 Joseph E. Davies of Watertown, Wisconsin, who was the husband of Marjorie Merriweather Post and later became the United States Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg from May 1938 until November 1939. According to the Hermitage Museum Foundation, Post and Davies were Russophiles and had a large private Russian art collection.[43][44][45]

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Allene Tew Hostetter Nichols Burchard Reuss zu Kostritz de Kotzebue July 7 1872 May 1 1955 1 was an American socialite during the Gilded Age who became a European aristocrat by marriage Allene TewBorn 1872 07 07 July 7 1872Janesville Wisconsin U S DiedMay 1 1955 1955 05 01 aged 82 Cap d Ail FranceSpousesTheodore R Hostetter m 1891 died 1902 wbr Morton Colton Nichols m 1904 div 1905 wbr Anson Wood Burchard m 1912 died 1927 wbr Prince Heinrich XXXIII m 1929 div 1935 wbr Count Pavel de Kotzebue m 1936 1955 wbr Children3 Contents 1 Early life 2 Personal life 2 1 First marriage 2 2 Second marriage 2 3 Third marriage 2 4 Fourth marriage 2 5 Fifth marriage 3 Notes 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksEarly life editAllene Tew was born in Janesville Wisconsin on July 7 1872 2 Her father Charles Henry Tew was a banker in Jamestown New York and her mother was Janet nee Smith Tew 3 4 She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution As such she had to provide documentation that she was a descendant of someone who fought in the American Revolutionary War 5 She may have doctored the evidence in order to encourage Mrs Astor the self proclaimed queen of aristocratic American society at the turn of the century to accept her as a member of the upper class despite her middle class upbringing premarital pregnancy and shotgun wedding 6 Personal life editFirst marriage edit She married the first of her five husbands Theodore Rickey Hostetter a polo player and yachtsman who was one of the wealthiest men of Pittsburgh in 1891 7 Tod as he was known was the youngest son of Rosetta nee Rickey Hostetter and David Hostetter a prominent businessman and banker 8 They had apartments in New York City at 8 East 65th Street and several country homes including Raccoon Farm in Beaver County Pennsylvania complete with polo grounds and golf links and a summer house at Narragansett Pier 9 Together Tod and Allene were the parents of three children Greta Hostetter 1892 1918 who married Glenn L Stewart 1884 1957 7 She had her debut at Sherry s in 1911 10 Verna Hostetter 1893 1895 who died in early childhood 7 Theodore Rickey Hostetter Jr 1897 1918 who was killed in World War I 7 Hostetter died of pneumonia on August 3 1902 at the age of 32 He contracted a cold on his yacht Seneca during a trip to Larchmont New York to visit his brother Herbert 9 His estate was valued at 1 349 196 which included shares of the Union Trust Company the Pennsylvania Gas Goal Company the Monongahela Coal Company the Pittsburgh Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad and the Hostetter Company the family firm 11 After his death it was reported that Tod had lost 1 000 000 in one year because of gambling 12 Reportedly b efore he was buried the gamblers who claimed that the young man owed them large sums called upon the widow to effect a settlement 12 Second marriage edit After Hostetter s death she married Morton Colton Nichols at St Thomas s Church by the Rev Dr Ernest M Stires on December 27 1904 13 Nichols had previously been rumored to be engaged to Vivien Sartoris daughter of Nellie Grant and granddaughter of President Ulysses S Grant 14 After their honeymoon in Canada Allene and Morton a real estate investor with Ladd amp Nichols lived at 3 East 67th Street while their new residence on Park Avenue and 37th Street was being constructed 15 They divorced a year later in 1905 and she resumed the name of Hostetter In August 1932 Nichols hanged himself in a suite at the Pierre Hotel in New York 16 Third marriage edit Her third husband was Anson Wood Burchard whom she married on December 4 1912 in London 17 Among those present at the wedding were Burchard s best man Edwin W Rice Lord and Lady Greville Lady Greville a fellow American was the former Olive Grace widow of Henry Kerr 18 the Comte de Paris Mrs Hinsdill Parsons Anson s sister and the wife of GE s General Counsel Capt and the Hon Mrs Feilden among others 19 At the time of their wedding Burchard a son of Walter Howard Burchard was assistant to the President of General Electric 10 He later served as a director and vice chairman of the company 20 In Manhattan they were listed in the Social Register and resided at 57 East 64th Street on the Upper East Side in a townhouse designed by architect C P H Gilbert 21 In 1925 they purchased 690 Park Avenue from Mrs Henry P Davison 22 In Paris they resided at 4 Rue d Aguesseau in the 8th arrondissement 23 During their marriage both of Allene s children from her first marriage who lived to adulthood died within the same week in 1918 24 Her husband died suddenly at the home of Mortimer L Schiff on January 22 1927 25 26 His estate was valued in excess of 3 000 000 27 Burchard s nephew Seth Rosewater son of Charles Rosewater a part owner of the Omaha Bee changed his last name to Burchard in order to keep the Burchard name alive and to inherit the millions left by his uncle 24 Fourth marriage edit In October 1928 Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Kostritz accompanied her to the Moulton musicale celebrating Arthur J Moulton s restoration of the historic Chateau de la Verrieres in Verrieres le Buisson formerly owned by the Comte de Lavalette Napoleon s aide de camp in his Italian campaign 28 Allene had recently purchased a new house at 33 Rue Bardet de Jouy in France 28 the former residence of the Comtesse de Montebello 29 In January 1929 she chartered the Indiana a luxurious houseboat referred to as a floating palace to travel up the Nile River in Egypt Prince Heinrich known as Henry in the American press was among her guests as was Lord Greville and Lady Greville 29 In Paris on April 10 1929 she married Prince Heinrich as her fourth husband 30 Capt Steele naval attache of the embassy in Paris gave the bride in marriage The guests at the wedding included German Ambassador Prince Heinrich XXXII and Prince Heinrich XXXIV 31 Her new husband was a member of one of the oldest reigning houses in Europe and a grandson of Charles Alexander Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar Eisenach through his mother Princess Marie He had been divorced in 1922 from Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia niece of German Emperor Wilhelm II He served as an officer in the Second Dragoons Guard the regiment of the Empress Alexandra of Russia and was in the diplomatic service with the German embassy in Paris 31 During their marriage she was known for her entertaining including throwing a debut party at the Waldorf Astoria for her stepdaughter Princess Marie Luise Reuss zu Kostritz in 1932 32 33 She became Princess of Reuss and it was her secretary who announced in June 1935 that the Prince and Princess had divorced 34 35 Fifth marriage edit Her fifth husband was Capt Count Pavel de Kotzebue who was known as Paul de Kotzebue in the American Press whom she married on March 4 1936 in Geneva Switzerland 36 37 He was born on February 20 1884 in Kremenetz and his uncle Ernest Karlevich Kotzebue was the Russian Ambassador to the U S from October 31 1895 to October 28 1897 36 38 39 It was his first marriage and their guests included Prince Ferdinand of Lippe Weissenfeld Prince Lobanoff of Lausanne and Colonel Alexander Kotzebue the Count s brother In 1940 they bought Beechwood the former Newport cottage of Caroline Schermerhorn Astor from Mrs Astor s grandson Vincent Astor 1 They entertained extensively in Newport 40 41 including an elaborate garden party for the benefit of the Newport Chapter of the American Red Cross 42 They lived in New York Paris and Palm Beach 38 a She negotiated on behalf of Prince Bernhard of Lippe Biesterfeld leading up to his marriage to princess and subsequently queen Juliana of the Netherlands because she was a friend of his mother s Armgard von Cramm 46 In 1938 she became godmother to their eldest daughter princess Beatrix later Queen of the Netherlands 47 48 She died at her villa in Cap d Ail on the French Riviera on May 1 1955 at the age of eighty two 1 At the time of her death her New York residence was 740 Park Avenue considered to be the most luxurious and powerful residential building in New York City 49 After her death six of her cousins filed claims contesting her 20 113 000 will which reportedly was the largest filed in Newport Probate Court 50 Count Kotzebue who had been president of the Russian Nobility Association in America RNA from 1942 until 1953 died in Paris on 13 September 1966 2 Notes edit In Palm Beach Mar a Lago was the residence of the second United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union from November 1936 until June 1938 Joseph E Davies of Watertown Wisconsin who was the husband of Marjorie Merriweather Post and later became the United States Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg from May 1938 until November 1939 According to the Hermitage Museum Foundation Post and Davies were Russophiles and had a large private Russian art collection 43 44 45 References edit a b c Countess Kotzebue Is Dead on Riviera PDF The New York Times 3 May 1955 Retrieved 14 November 2019 a b McNaughton Arnold 1973 The Book of Kings A Royal Genealogy Vol 1 Garnstone Press p 342 ISBN 9780900391194 Retrieved 14 November 2019 Engineers American Society of Civil 1927 Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers Vol 91 American Society of Civil Engineers p 1166 Retrieved 14 November 2019 Annejet van der Zijl An American Princess The Many Lives of Allene Tew 2017 1 Revolution Daughters of the American 1893 Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Retrieved 14 November 2019 An American Princess The Many Lives of Allene Tew by Annejet van der Zijl 2 a b c d Sudden Death of Hostetter The Pittsburg Press August 4 1902 Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe Memoirs of the Harvard dead in the war against Germany Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard University Press 1923 Volume 4 p 351 3 a b DEATH OF T R HOSTETTER Millionaire of Pittsburgh Contracted a Cold on His Yacht During Trip to Larchmont PDF The New York Times 4 August 1902 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