Charlotte de Rothschild
Charlotte de Rothschild | |
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Born | Paris, France | 6 May 1825
Died | 20 July 1899 Paris, France | (aged 74)
Spouse | |
Children | Nathalie de Rothschild (b. 1843) Betty von Rothschild |
Baroness Charlotte de Rothschild (6 May 1825 – 20 July 1899) was a French socialite, painter, and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France.
Early years
She was born in Paris, the daughter of Betty von Rothschild (1805–1886) and
Married life
In 1842, Charlotte married her
- Nathalie de Rothschild (1843–1843)
- Nathan James Edouard de Rothschild (1844–1881)
- Mayer Albert de Rothschild (1846–1850)
- Arthur de Rothschild (1851–1903)
While Charlotte de Rothschild and her husband would always live in Paris, in 1853 they purchased the Château Brane-Mouton
Artist
Like her father, Charlotte de Rothschild was a collector of art and grew up around his artistic friends. As an adult, Charlotte would count amongst her friends the likes of
Charlotte de Rothschild's interest extended to music, entertaining musician friends such as Georges Bizet and Camille Saint-Saëns. Charlotte de Rothschild's lifetime of involvement in art and music would greatly influence her offspring, producing writers, actors and playwrights.
Later years
Tragedy struck her family in 1881 when she lost her eldest surviving child, thirty-seven-year-old
See also
References
- ^ Harry W. Paul (2005). Collecting Chardins: Charlotte and Henri de Rothschild Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine. The Rothschild Archive: Review of the Year April 2004 – March 2005. ISSN 1748-9148 (print), 1748-9156 (web). pp. 21–26. Accessed September 2013.
- OCLC 1328129061.
- ^ [s.n.] (1879). Société d'aquarellistes français: Première exposition; rue Laffitte, 16: Catalogue (in French). Paris: Imprimerie de D. Jouaust.
- ^ Adding the Personal to the Purely Sacred, Edward Rothstein, June 25, 2010, New York Times.