Johann Christoph Gustav von Struve

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Johann Christoph Gustav von Struve was born September 26, 1763 in Regensburg, in the Kingdom of Bavaria during the Holy Roman Empire of German States to notable diplomat and father, Anton Sebastian von Struve, the Russian Imperial Privy Councillor and then-serving President of the Reichstag in Regensburg. His mother was Johanne Dorothea Werner of Sondershausen in the Thuringian States.

Gustav, as he was known, was a signer to the Treaty of Paris of 1814.

Gustav came from a distinguished family, with many of his siblings also being civil servants to the Russian court, in the tradiiton of their father, Anton:

Johann Christoph Gustav von Struve (1763-1828)
Catharina Elisabetha von Struve (1759-1838)
Johann Georg von Struve (1766-1831)
Johann Christian von Struve (1768-1812) - Served as Qualified Civil Servant in the Russian Foreign Office in St. Petersburg
August Wilhelm von Struve (1770-1838) - Served as Qualified Civil Servant in the Russian Postal Department in St. Petersburg
Heinrich Christoph Gottfried von Struve (1772-1851) - Served as Qualified Civil Servant in the Russian Embassy in Stuttgart
Philippine Rosina Elisabetha von Struve (1775-1819) - Married Franz Ferdinand von Gruen, Chancellor to the Prince of Reuss
Albrecht von Struve(1774-1794)

In Stuttgart on May 18, 1793, Gustav married Sibilla Christiane Friederike von Hochstetter, the daughter of the noted German political leader, Johann Amand Andreas von Hochstetter and Elisabeth Friederike von Buehler.

They had eleven known children:

Albrecht von Struve (1793-1794)
Elise von Struve (1795-1844)
Karl Anton von Struve (1797-1846) - Married St. Claire Stuart Trotter in Edinburgh
Amand von Struve (1798-1867) - Married Karoline von Kahlenberg
Sophie von Struve (1801-1864) - Married Karl von Manuel
Georg Heinrich Christoph Franz von Struve (1802-1886) - Married Eugenie Josephene Charlotte von Witte
Katharina "Katinka" von Struve (1803-1855)
Gustav von Struve (1805-1870) - Married Elise Ferdinande Amalie Dusar, and was later involved in the 1848 Revolutions
Friederike von Struve (1807-1890) - Married Joseph von Gemmingen
Phillippine von Struve (1809-1906)
Johann Ludwig Karl Heinrich von Struve (1812-1898) - Married Stephanie von Borowsky and then later his cousin, Wilhelmine Charlotte Margarete "Minna" von Hochstetter