Marguerite de Rothschild
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Marguerite de Rothschild, Duchesse de Gramont (born in Frankfurt
19 September 1855 - dead in Paris
25 July 1905) was the daughter of Baron Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820–1886) (Branch of Naples
) and Louise von Rothschild (1820–1894) (Branch of London
). Her father disapproved of her marriage with a Catholic Count, Count de Liederdeke and her conversion to Catholicism
and withdrew her from his will. Soon after her marriage, Count de Liederdeke died at a hunting party. She remarried with Agénor, XIth duc de Gramont
(then duc de Guiche) in 1878 who was the son of an ex-ambassador of Napoléon III. Baron Carl Meyer von Rothschild refused of course to attend the wedding, because he had preferred his daughter to marry her cousin Edmond de Rothschild, and not a non-Jew.
The will of her father was revoked and she received her inheritance at her father's death, in 1886, which was enormous. Duke and Duchess de Gramont lived in their hôtel particulier on the Champs Élysées where she would give parties for the cream of the aristocracy, and at their château de Vallières, near Paris.
They had three children:
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
19 September 1855 - dead in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
25 July 1905) was the daughter of Baron Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820–1886) (Branch of Naples
Rothschild banking family of Naples
The Rothschild banking family of Naples was founded by Calmann Mayer von Rothschild who was sent to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from Frankfurt am Main, Germany in 1821 by his father, Mayer Amschel Rothschild...
) and Louise von Rothschild (1820–1894) (Branch of London
Rothschild banking family of England
The Rothschild banking family of England was founded in 1798 by Nathan Mayer von Rothschild who first settled in Manchester but then moved to London. Nathan was sent there from his home in Frankfurt by his father, Mayer Amschel Rothschild...
). Her father disapproved of her marriage with a Catholic Count, Count de Liederdeke and her conversion to Catholicism
Catholicism
Catholicism is a broad term for the body of the Catholic faith, its theologies and doctrines, its liturgical, ethical, spiritual, and behavioral characteristics, as well as a religious people as a whole....
and withdrew her from his will. Soon after her marriage, Count de Liederdeke died at a hunting party. She remarried with Agénor, XIth duc de Gramont
Agenor, duc de Gramont
Antoine Alfred Agénor, Duc de Gramont was a French diplomat and statesman.He was born at Paris of one of the most illustrious families of the old noblesse, a cadet branch of the viscounts of Aure, which took its name from the Seignory of Gramont in Navarre...
(then duc de Guiche) in 1878 who was the son of an ex-ambassador of Napoléon III. Baron Carl Meyer von Rothschild refused of course to attend the wedding, because he had preferred his daughter to marry her cousin Edmond de Rothschild, and not a non-Jew.
The will of her father was revoked and she received her inheritance at her father's death, in 1886, which was enormous. Duke and Duchess de Gramont lived in their hôtel particulier on the Champs Élysées where she would give parties for the cream of the aristocracy, and at their château de Vallières, near Paris.
They had three children:
- Antoine Agénor Armand (1879–1962), Duc de Guiche, then Xe Duc de GramontDuc de GramontThe Duke of Gramont is a senior French peerage. It was created in 1643. The dukedom also holds the titles Peer of France, Prince de Bidache, Sovereign of Bidache, Count of Guiche and Louvigny, Viscount of Aster, Baron d'Andouins and of Hagetmau...
, who was a close friend of Marcel ProustMarcel ProustValentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental À la recherche du temps perdu...
, and married Élaine Greffulhe, the daughter of the famous Élisabeth, comtesse GreffulheElisabeth, comtesse GreffulheMarie Anatole Louise Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe , was a renowned beauty, and queen of the salons of the Faubourg Saint-Germain in Paris.... - Antonia Corisande Emma Louise (1880–1977) who married Marquis Hélie de Noailles
- Louis-René (1883–1963), Comte de Gramont, who married Antoinette de Rochechouart-Mortemart
See also
- Rothschild familyRothschild familyThe Rothschild family , known as The House of Rothschild, or more simply as the Rothschilds, is a Jewish-German family that established European banking and finance houses starting in the late 18th century...
- Duc de GramontDuc de GramontThe Duke of Gramont is a senior French peerage. It was created in 1643. The dukedom also holds the titles Peer of France, Prince de Bidache, Sovereign of Bidache, Count of Guiche and Louvigny, Viscount of Aster, Baron d'Andouins and of Hagetmau...