Ignacio Bauer
Ignacio Bauer (* 1828 in Budapest , † 1895 in Madrid ) was a Hungarian-Spanish entrepreneur and representative of the Rothschild family in Madrid.
Bauer left Hungary in 1848 and took over the Madrid agency in 1853 in place of Daniel Weisweiller , as his partner he had been working since 1851. In 1864 Bauer married Ida Morpurgo, the daughter of the Trieste company boss, as part of the Rothschilds' internal marriage policy. Bauer, who spoke five languages, could not speak Spanish at first, but ran his business and that of the Rothschild family so successfully that the Palacio Bauer became a social center of Madrid and he himself a top representative of Spain's tiny Jewish community rise. Bauer served the writer Benito Pérez Galdós as a model for one of his fictional characters, namely Daniel Morton in the novel Gloria (1877).
literature
- Rainer Liedtke: NM Rothschild and Sons, Communication Paths in European Banking in the 19th Century , Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-412-36905-5 , p. 112f
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bauer, Ignacio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian-Spanish entrepreneur and representative of the Rothschild family in Madrid |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1828 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1895 |
| Place of death | Madrid |