Johann Christoph Gustav von Struve

Johann Christoph Gustav von Struve was born on 26 September 1763 in Regensburg, in the Kingdom of Bavaria during the Holy Roman Empire of German States to notable diplomat Anton Sebastian von Struve, the Russian ambassador to 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.

1 Other Struves
2 Family of Gustav and Sibilla
3 Partial family tree of Struve family
4 See also
5 References

Other Struves

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

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 Sant 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)

Family of Gustav and Sibilla

In Stuttgart on 18 May 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.^[1]

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.^[1]
Friederike von Struve (1807–1890) – Married Joseph von Gemmingen
Philippine 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

Gustav died on 6 May 1828 in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, during the early days of the German Confederation.

Partial family tree of Struve family

Jacob
(1755–1841)
Mathematician

Anton Sebastian
Reichstag President

Carl
(1785–1838)
Philologist

Ernst
(1786–1822)

Gustav
(1788–1829)

Friedrich Georg Wilhelm
(1793–1864)
Astronomer

Ludwig
(1795–1828)
Anatomist

Johann Christoph Gustav
(1763–1828)
Diplomat

Otto Wilhelm
(1819–1905)
Astronomer

Genrikh
(1822–1908)
Chemist

Berngard
(1827–1889)
Russian governor

Karl
(1835–1907)
Politician

Johann Ludwig
(1812–1898)

Gustav
(1805–1870)
Politician

Karl Hermann
(1854–1920)
Astronomer

Gustav Ludwig
(1858–1920)
Astronomer

Vasily Berngardovich
(1854–1912)
Mathematician

Peter Berngardovich
(1870–1944)
Revolutionary

Alexander Berngardovich

Georg Hermann
(1886–1933)
Astronomer

Otto
(1897–1963)
Astronomer

Vasily Vasilevich
(1889–1965)
Historicus

Gleb
(1898–1985)
Poet

Wilfried
(1914–1992)
Astronomer

References

^ ^a ^b Ansgar Reiss (2004) (in German). Radikalismus und Exil: Gustav Struve und die Demokratie in Deutschland und Amerika. Franz Steiner. pp. 30–31. ISBN 3515083715. http://books.google.com/books?id=dUBDS2rjJWoC&pg=PA30.

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Contents

Other Struves

Family of Gustav and Sibilla

Partial family tree of Struve family

See also

References