Leopold Julian Kronenberg
Baron Leopold Julian Kronenberg (* 1849 in Warsaw ; † February 23, 1937 in Warsaw) was a Polish banker.
Life
He was born the son of the banker and railway worker Leopold Kronenberg (1812–1878) and his wife Rozalia Leo. Both parents came from Jewish families who converted to Protestantism - the Kronenbergs to Calvinism , Stanislas Kronenberg was his brother.
After graduating from high school, he worked in the legal department of the secondary school, and then began studying agriculture in Bonn and Poppelsdorf . When his father was still actively involved in the business, Kronenberg headed the St. Petersburg branch of the Warsaw credit institute. In 1887, however, as his brother was ill, he had to resign in order to manage the railway lines in which his brother was interested and the main Warsaw bank.
Kronenberg was actively involved in several useful public institutions. He was president of the Society for Mutual Aid of Musical Artists, an active member of the Polytechnic Committee in Warsaw, etc. In recognition of his prestigious activities in connection with large business activities, he was raised as a baron to the hereditary nobility of the Russian Empire in 1893 .
Some valuable musical compositions were published under the pseudonym Wiejesky .
He was married to the famous opera singer Jozefina Reszke (1855–1891), with whom he had two children: Baron Leopold Jan Kronenberg and Baroness Jozefina Rosa (1889–1969), the last of their family. He was buried in the Reformed Cemetery in Warsaw, his wife and children are in the Catholic Powązki Cemetery.
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| SURNAME | Kronenberg, Leopold Julian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiejesky (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish banker and businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1937 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |