Nathaniel de Rothschild
Nathaniel de Rothschild (born July 2, 1812 in London , † February 19, 1870 in Paris ), also known as Nat , became the founder of the French branch of the Rothschild family.
Life
Nathaniel Rothschild was the fourth child and third son of Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1836) and Hannah Cohen (1783-1850). In 1842 Nathaniel de Rothschild married Charlotte de Rothschild (1825–1899), daughter of James Mayer Rothschild . Their marriage resulted in the following children:
- Nathalie de Rothschild (1843–1843)
- James-Edouard de Rothschild (1844-1881)
- Mayer Albert de Rothschild (1846–1850)
- Arthur de Rothschild (1851-1903)
In 1850 the family moved to Paris, where Nathaniel stood by his uncle and father-in-law in the Rothschild Frères banking house .
In 1853 he bought the Château Brane Mouton winery . He took over the estate in Pauillac in the Bordeaux wine-growing region from the Parisian banker Isaac Thuret, who in turn had taken over the estate from Baron Hector de Branne in 1830. Nathaniel Rothschild paid 1,175,000 francs for the property and renamed it the now known Château Mouton-Rothschild .
In 1856 Nathaniel and his wife bought the property at 33 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. At that time, the building was the headquarters of the Russian Embassy in Paris. When the lease with the embassy ended in 1864, Rothschild had the building renovated and made it his Paris residence.
In 1873, three years after his death, his widow, Baroness Charlotte de Rothschild (1825–1899), bought the ruins of the Les Vaux-de-Cernay monastery and had extensive restoration work carried out. She transformed the complex into a country house that remained in the possession of her descendants until 1945. In 1926 and 1941 it was classified as a Monument historique .
Relationship with Frédéric Chopin
The family was associated with numerous artists, including Frédéric Chopin . He dedicated the Waltz in C sharp minor, Op. 64 No. 2 and the Ballad No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 to Charlotte de Rothschild .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Rothschild, Nathaniel Freiherr von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 27th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, p. 139 ( digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rothschild, Nathaniel de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | banker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 1870 |
| Place of death | Paris |