Maurice de Rothschild
| Maurice de Rothschild | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 19, 1881 Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Died |
September 4, 1957 (aged 76) Pregny-Chambésy, Switzerland |
| Residence |
Hôtel de Pontalba, Château d'Armainvilliers, Château de Pregny |
| Occupation | Financier, politician, art collector, philanthropist |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Spouse(s) | Noémie Halphen (m. 1909) |
| Children | Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild (b. 1926) |
| Parent(s) | Edmond James de Rothschild and Adelheid von Rothschild |
Maurice Edmond Karl de Rothschild (May 19, 1881 – September 4, 1957) was a French art collector, vineyard owner, financier and politician. He was born into the Rothschild banking family of France.
Early life
Maurice de Rothschild was born on May 19, 1881 in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris. He was the second child of Edmond James de Rothschild (1845–1934) and Adelheid von Rothschild. He grew up at the Château Rothschild in Boulogne-Billancourt.[1]
Career
Rothschild inherited a fortune from the childless Adolphe Carl von Rothschild (1823–1900) of the Naples branch of the family and moved to Geneva, Switzerland where he perpetuated the new Swiss branch of the family.
Rothschild served as a member of the French Senate.
Personal life and death
In 1909 Maurice de Rothschild married Noémie de Rothschild. Her mother was Marie Hermine Rodrigues Péreire (1860–1936), daughter of Eugène Péreire of the Péreire banking family whose Crédit Mobilier were arch-competitors of the Rothschilds. Noémie Halphen and Maurice de Rothschild had one child, a son Edmond.
In June 1940, during the Battle of France, Rothschild and several family members received Portuguese visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes, allowing them to flee France for Portugal. Maurice de Rothschild sailed from Lisbon to Scotland the following month.[2]
Legacy
Maurice de Rothschild is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of Malagasy lizard, Paracontias rothschildi.[3]
References
- ↑ Maurice de Rothschild biography at the Senate of France
- ↑ Sousa Mendes Foundation - Rothschild
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Rothschild", p. 227).
Further reading
- The Rothschilds; a Family Portrait by Frederic Morton. Atheneum Publishers (1962) ISBN 978-1568362205 (1998 reprint)
- The Rothschilds, a Family of Fortune by Virginia Cowles. Alfred A. Knopf (1973) ISBN 978-0297765387
- Rothschild: The Wealth and Power of a Dynasty by Derek Wilson. Scribner, London (1988) ISBN 978-0684190181
- House of Rothschild : Money's Prophets: 1798-1848 by Niall Ferguson. Viking Press (1998) ISBN 978-0140240849
- The House of Rothschild (vol. 2) : The World's Banker: 1849-1999 by Niall Ferguson. Viking Press (1999) ISBN 978-0670887941
External links
- Works by or about Maurice de Rothschild at Internet Archive
- The Rothschild Archive - an international cente in London for research into the history of the Rothschild family.