"
De Amerikaanse prinses" about
Allene,
Countess Pavel Pavlovitch de Kotzebue
née Tew
formerly Mrs Theodore R. Hostetter,
formerly Mrs Morton Colton Nichols,
formerly Mrs Anson Wood Burchard,
formerly Princess Heinrich XXXIII Reuss zu Köstritz
(1872-1955).
Allene was -by marriage- related to the Orange-Nassaus and to the Lippes: her fourth husband Prince Heinrich XXIII Reuss zu Köstritz was a grandson to Princess Sophie of the Netherlands. His two brothers-in-law were married to a Princess of Lippe (the House of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands).
On itself Allene had relation to Prince Bernhard, she knew him from her Reuß zu Köstritz period. As Countess Pavel Pavlovitch de Kotzebue (her fifth spouse) she resided in a grand house in Paris and as she had motherly feelings for Prince Bernhard, she made him her protégé. For Prince Bernhard "Aunt Allene" was more than welcome. Thanks to him he, a simple
stagiaire at IG Farben in Paris, could afford the lifestyle of a
grand seigneur....
The American Princess had two fabulous mansions, one in Suisnes (near Paris, dept. Seine-et-Marne) and one in Cap d'Ail (at the Rivièra, dept. Alpes-Maritimes). The last one has salons kept intact from the death of Allene. Nothing has been changed in the interior and as all blinds were closed and no one entered her rooms for decades, the fabulous interiors are original and still as new. This became visible when a Dutch TV-show host (Ivo Niehe) visited Cap d'Ail with the author Annejet van der Zijl.
Villa of Countess Paul de Kotzebue née Allene Tew in Cap d'Ail 1
Villa of Countess Paul de Kotzebue née Allene Tew in Cap d'Ail 2
Villa of Countess Paul de Kotzebue née Allene Tew in Cap d Ail 3
Residence of Allene in Château de Suisnes 1
Residence of Allene in Château de Suisnes 2
Residence of Allene in Château de Suisnes 3
Residence of Allene in Château de Suisnes 4
Countess Paul de Kotzebue née Allene Tew as godmother of Princess Beatrix (at the right)
The standing persons are:
Countess Paul de Kotzebue née Allene Tew
HRH Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone
HM King Leopold III of the Belgians
HSH Princess Armgard zur Lippe-Biesterfeld née
Freiin von Sierstorpff-Cramm
HRH Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
HM The Queen of the Netherlands
HRH The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
HRH The
Fürstin zu Erbach-Schönberg née Princess Elizabeth von Waldeck und Pyrmont
The seated persons are:
HRH Princess Juliana of the Netherlands
HRH Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands