He was born on 26 September 1763 in Regensburg (at this time a Free Imperial City) to the 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. 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 Saint St. Petersburg
August Wilhelm von Struve (1770–1838) – Served as Qualified Civil Servant in the Russian Postal Department in Saint 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)
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. They had eleven known children:
Albrecht von Struve (1793–1794)
Elise von Struve (1795–1844)
Karl Anton von Struve (1797–1846) – Married Saint 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.
Friederike von Struve (1807–1890) – Married Joseph von Gemmingen
Philippine von Struve (1809–1906)
Gustav died on 6 May 1828 in Karlsruhe, Grand Duchy of Baden, during the early days of the German Confederation.
