Moritz von Todesco

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Moritz Ritter von Todesco (born November 5, 1816 in Vienna , † July 17, 1873 in Vienna) was an Austrian entrepreneur , banker and patron of the arts .

He came from a Jewish family that originally bore the name Hirschl . Since 1848 he and his brother Eduard managed the wholesale company Hermann Todesco's Sons and an affiliated private bank. In addition, they had owned the Marienthal textile factory since 1858 . In 1861 he was built by Emperor Franz Joseph I in the knighthood raised. Thus he belonged to the so-called Second Society .

He had two daughters with his long-time partner, the soubrette Henriette Treffz-Chalupetzky (1818–1878):

  • Franziska (1846–1921) ∞ Alexander Baron Erös von Bethlenfalva (1831–1906) ∞² Philipp von Liechtenstein (1837–1901),
  • Louise Henriette (1850–?) ∞ Gustav Dreyhausen von Ehrenreich (1839–1884) ∞² Ivan I von Wimpffen (1847–1895).

Todesco and Treffz-Chalupetzky, like Moritz's brother Eduard and his wife Sophie , run a well-known artist's salon . This is also where the first meeting between Treffz-Chalupetzky and Johann Strauss' son , the so-called waltz king, took place.

Treffz-Chalupetzky moved out of their shared apartment at the beginning of 1862 and married Johann Strauss Sohn on August 27, 1862 in St. Stephen's Cathedral . She left the children to Moritz von Todesco.

This was in 1862 in Vienna, Walfischgasse 4, next to the Palais his brother Eduard own Palais building, which by a bomb attack was completely destroyed on 12 March 1945th Today the StadtTheater walfischgasse is located there .

The Villa Todesco in Hinterbrühl , which is now the main building of the SOS Children's Village , was also built under Moritz von Todesco .

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  1. ↑ Reinhard Müller: Moritz Ritter von Todesco. AGSÖ at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  2. ↑ Reinhard Müller: Small Chronicle of Gramatneusiedl, Marienthal and Neu-Reisenberg. AGSÖ at the Karl-Franzens-University Graz. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  3. ^ StadtTheater walfischgasse: The history of the theater in detail. Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  4. ↑ An enchanting journey into the past ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 28, 2017 by Professor Miki Karplus @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sos-kinderdorf.at
personal data
SURNAME Death Co, Moritz von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Death Co, Moritz Ritter von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian entrepreneur, banker, art patron
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1816
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH July 17, 1873
Place of death Vienna