Allene Tew

Allene Tew
Born July 7, 1872
Died May 1, 1955
Nationality American
Occupation socialite
Spouse(s) Theodore R. Hostetter
Morton Colton Nichols
Anson Wood Burchard
Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz
Captain Count Pavel Kotzbue
Children Greta Hostetter
Verna Hostetter
Theodore R. Hostetter, Jr.
Parent(s) Charles Henry Tew
Janet Smith

Allene Tew (1872-1955) was an American socialite during the Gilded Age who became a European aristocrat by marriage.

Biography

Early life

Allene Tew was born in Janesville, Wisconsin on July 7, 1872.[1][2] Her father, Charles Henry Tew, was a banker in Jamestown, and her mother was Janet Smith.[1][2][3] She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, meaning that her direct ancestors fought in the American Revolutionary War.[4]

Marriages

Her first husband was Theodore R. Hostetter (1870-1902).[1][5][6] They had three children:

Her second husband was Morton Colton Nichols (1870-1932), whom she married on December 27, 1904.[1][7] They divorced a year later, in 1905.[1]

Her third husband was Anson Wood Burchard (1865-1927), Chairman of General Electric, whom she married on December 4, 1912 in London.[1][2][3][8][9][10] They were listed in the Social Register.[11] In Manhattan, they resided at 57 East 64th Street on the Upper East Side, in a townhouse designed by architect C. P. H. Gilbert (1861-1952).[12] In Paris, they resided at 4 Rue d'Aguesseau in the 8th arrondissement.[13]

Her fourth husband was Prince Heinrich XXXIII Reuss of Köstritz (1879-1942), whom she married on April 10, 1929 in Paris.[1][14] They divorced on October 31, 1935.[1][15]

Her fifth husband was Captain Count Pavel Kotzbue (1884-1966), whom she married on March 4, 1936 in Geneva, Switzerland.[1][2][16]

Being a friend of his mother's, she negotiated on behalf of prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld leading up to his marriage to princess Juliana of the Netherlands.[17] In 1938, she became godmother to their eldest daughter, princess Beatrix.[18]

Death

She died in Paris on May 1, 1955, at the age of eighty-two.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The Peerage
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, Garnstone Press, 1973, Volume 1, p. 342
  3. 1 2 Transactions, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1927 Volume 91, p. 1166
  4. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Volume 3, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1893, p. 99
  5. 1 2 3 4 'Sudden Death of Hostetter', Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 4, 1902
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ Harvard Alumni Bulletin, Volume 35, Issue 2, p. 54
  8. ↑ HITCH IN WEDDING OF ANSON BURCHARD; Applied in London for License to Marry Mrs. Hostetter and Then Withdrew., The New York Times, November 22, 1912
  9. ↑ MRS. HOSTETTER WEDS.; Marriage to Anson Wood Burchard to Take Place in Registry Office Today, The New York Times, December 05, 1912
  10. ↑ BURCHARD -- HOSTETTER.; Mrs. Theodore Hostetter Marries Anson Wood Burchard in London., The New York Times, December 06, 1912
  11. ↑ Social Register, New York, Social Register Association, 1921, p. 12
  12. ↑ Upper East Side Historic District designation report, The Commission, 1981, Volume 1, p. 1921
  13. ↑ A. M. Brace, Americans in France: A Directory, American Chamber of Commerce in France, 1926, p. 85
  14. ↑ Time Magazine, 1929, Volume 13, p. 40
  15. ↑ Milestones: Feb. 4, 1929, Time, February 4, 1929
  16. ↑ Alden Hatch, H. R. H. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands: An Authorized Biography, Harrap, 1962, p. 276
  17. ↑ Annejet van der Zijl, Bernhard, een verborgen geschiedenis, 2010, p. 250
  18. ↑ Annejet van der Zijl, Bernhard, een verborgen geschiedenis, 2010, p. 288
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