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Édouard de Rothschild was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. He is the son of Guy de Rothschild (1909–2007) and Marie-Hélène van Zuylen van Nyevelt (1927–1996). His father is Jewish and his mother is of half Syrian, one-quarter Dutch, and one-quarter Jewish descent. [1]
Édouard de Rothschild may refer to: Édouard Alphonse de Rothschild (1868–1949), French banker Édouard Etienne de Rothschild (b. 1957), French financier & horseman
In August 1895, a crude letter bomb addressed to Alphonse de Rothschild was delivered to his Paris residence. Not at home, a member of the house staff had it forwarded to the de Rothschild Frères offices where it detonated, seriously injuring the chief clerk. On his death in 1905, Alphonse's son Edouard took over as head of the family business.
On 1 March 1905, Edouard de Rothschild married Germaine Alice Halphen (1884–1975). [1] They had four children, but according to his daughter Jacqueline, neither parent paid much attention to them. [7] Their children were: Édouard Alphonse Émile Lionel de Rothschild (1906–1911). He died at the age of five of appendicitis. [8]
The Rothschilds is a musical with a book by Sherman Yellen, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and music by Jerry Bock.. Based on The Rothschilds by Frederic Morton, it tells of the rise of the Rothschild family from humble beginnings in Germany, to their founding of their financial empire and growing political influence under the guidance of patriarch Mayer Rothschild, to their assistance in funding ...
Most of the lots were acquired in the 19th century by Baron James Mayer de Rothschild, his wife Betty and their son Alphonse, and have remained in their descendants’ collection since.
On December 12, 1972, the gorgeous and glamorous made their way into Château de Ferrières just 26 km east of Paris for the Rothschild family's legendary Surrealist Ball.
James Mayer de Rothschild had stipulated "that the three branches of the family descended from him always be represented." For the next two generations that was the case but in 1939, Edouard Alphonse de Rothschild and cousin Robert-Philippe-Gustave de Rothschild, incompatible with their other cousin Maurice de Rothschild, bought