Edmond de Pourtalès
Edmond comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier (also: Edmund Graf von Pourtalès) (born April 6, 1828 in Paris , † March 23, 1895 in Cannes ) was a Swiss-French banker, officer and parliamentarian.
Life
Edmond de Pourtalès was the son of the Neuchâtel banker and royal Prussian chamberlain James Alexander de Pourtalès-Gorgier and the banker's daughter Anne-Henriette nee. de Palézieux dit Falconnet. After attending grammar school in Neuchâtel, he studied at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . In 1848 he became a member of the Corps Borussia Bonn . After graduating, he became a banker in Paris and later in Strasbourg . In 1857 he married Mélanie Renouard de Bussière . In 1870 he was elected to the Conseil général du Département Bas-Rhin . As a commandant and commander of the 4th battalion of the Garde nationale mobile du Bas-Rhin, he participated in the defense of Strasbourg .
literature
- Friedrich Karl Devens : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1827-1902 . Düsseldorf 1902, p. 129
- GG Winkel : Biographical corps album of Borussia in Bonn 1821–1928 . Aschaffenburg 1928, p. 119
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 19 , 271
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pourtalès, Edmond de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pourtalès-Gorgier, Edmond comte de; Pourtalès, Count Edmund of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss-French banker, officer and parliamentarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1895 |
| Place of death | Cannes |