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Dr. Alexandra Maria Catharina von Dyhrn (8 September 1873 – 9 April 1945), was a German genealogist, author and the first woman in the province of Silesia to earn a doctorate in History. == Family == Alexandra was born in 1873 as a Countess of Dyhrn and Baroness of Schoenau at her family’s estate Reesewitz (district Oels, now Oleśnica) in the province of Silesia. Her family (lutheranian) was one of the most prominent aristocratic families of Prussia dating back to 13th century. The estate of Reesewitz, which has been in possession of the Dyhrn family since the 17th century, was enormous, but ruled from a quite small mansion in the middle of the property, where the family lived. Alexandra’s father, Count Conrad Johannes von Dyhrn, was a lieutenant colonel and a hereditary member of the Prussian House of Lords. He was a friend and a distant relative of Gustav Freytag, who often visited the family in Reesewitz. In 1872 Heinrich married Alexandra’s mother, a Dutch Baroness Cornelia Tilanus van der Hoop, who was a member of the famous and exceedingly wealthy Hoop (Hope) family, originally from Scotland. The marriage of Alexandra’s parents was therefore very beneficial in particular for the Dyhrn family. Alexandra inherited a strong love for history and homeland from her father, and the love for arts from her mother, whose family in Netherlands had an outstanding art collection, including works of Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Steen and Ruisdael. She had two younger sisters Countesses Freda and Edith von Dyhrn, who were both born with physical disabilities and they never married. 〔Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels〕 Alexandra was a 2nd cousin of the poet Valeska von Bethusy-Huc and a grand-niece of the notorious prussian politician Conrad Adolf von Dyhrn (1803–1869). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexandra von Dyhrn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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