Élie de Rothschild

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Élie de Rothschild 1994

Baron Élie Robert de Rothschild (born May 29, 1917 in Paris ; † August 6, 2007 in Scharnitz , Tyrol ) was a French banker, winemaker and member of the Rothschild family .

Life

Élie de Rothschild was the son of Baron Robert Philippe de Rothschild (1880-1946) and Gabrielle Beer (1886-1945). During the Second World War he became a German prisoner of war . He was interned at Colditz Castle with his brother Alain . In 1945 he took over the Château Lafite-Rothschild in Pauillac near Bordeaux , which had been destroyed by German occupiers , which he rebuilt in the following decades and led to a new bloom. In the mid-1970s, he handed over the management of the winery to his nephew Éric de Rothschild . In addition, Élie de Rothschild was considered a great art collector , who particularly appreciated the works of Rembrandt , Thomas Gainsborough , Jean Dubuffets and Picasso .

He held a 25 percent stake in the Rothschild Frères bank . He converted the former Paris-Lyon-Marseille railway company into a travel company with hotels and restaurants. Rothschild died of a heartbeat in his hunting lodge near Scharnitz near Innsbruck , where he was one of the largest hunting tenants . Since 1942 Élie de Rothschild was married to the Baroness Liliane Fould-Springer; The marriage resulted in three children, the son Nathaniel, the two daughters Elisabeth and Nelly, who in turn have five children.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Nécrologie: Élie de Rothschild , Le Point, August 7, 2007

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personal data
SURNAME Rothschild, Élie de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rothschild, Elie Robert de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French banker
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris , France
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 2007
Place of death Scharnitz , Tyrol , Austria