Baroness Mary Elizabeth Breckenridge Von Zedtwitz

Philanthropist. Wife of Baron Kurt von Zedtwitz, German diplomat and minister to Mexico. The Baron died when his yacht "Isolde" was rammed during the Royal Albert Regatta at Southsea England in August 1896 by Kaiser Wilhelm II's royal yacht, "Meteor." Although an old Louisville family, much of their estate was confiscated during World War I by the Alien Property Office and became Louisville's first airport and an adjacent city park.

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"... under the will of William S. Caldwell for the benefit of Mary Eliza Breckinridge von Ledtwitz. formerly Miss Caldwell of Washington, D. C. Madame von. Zedwitz is the widow of Baron Maritz Curt von Zedwitz of Berlin. Her father left her a trust estate, and Eugene Kelly, the banker, and Charles Frey were trustees under the will. In 1893 Mr. Frey died and soon after Mr.Kelly resigned his trust in ..."