Board member of Banque Ephrussi Religion Judaism | Name Maurice Ephrussi Role Banker | |
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Occupation Financier, Racehorse owner/breeder Children Mathilde Elisabeth Ephrussi de Rothschild Cohen Parent(s) Charles Joachim Ephrussi (1792-1864) & Henriette Halperson (1822-1888) Spouse Beatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild (m. 1883–1916) People also search for Beatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild | ||
Maurice Ephrussi (18 November 1849 – 29 October 1916) was a French banker and horsebreeder.
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Early life
Maurice Ephrussi was born on November 18, 1849 in Odessa, Ukraine. He was a member of the Ephrussi family. His father, Charles Joachim Ephrussi, was a trader in wheat who founded a bank, Ephrussi & Co.. His mother was Henriette Halperson. His elder half-brother, Ignace von Ephrussi, founded a branch of the family bank in Vienna, Austria.
Career
With his older brother, Michel Ephrussi, Maurice co-founded a branch of Ephrussi & Co. in Paris, France.
Equestrian interests
Maurice Ephrussi and his brother Michel were both involved in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing. Maurice owned Haras du Gazon, a breeding farm in Bazoches-au-Houlme, Orne, Normandy where he bred the outstanding runner and champion sire, Perth. Perth's sire was the Ephrussi stallion War Dance who also sired the brilliant filly, Roxelane.
In the 1860s, Maurice Ephrussi had acquired Château de Reux near Reux, Calvados located about 90 kilometres (56 mi) northeast of Haras du Gazon.
Horses raced by Maurice Ephrussi won a number of important races in France and England including the:
Haras du Gazon was later purchased by American horseman, Herman B. Duryea.
Personal life
Ephrussi married Béatrice de Rothschild, the daughter of Alphonse de Rothschild, a member of the Rothschild banking family of France. The wedding took place on June 5, 1883 in Paris. They maintained a home in Paris, a villa in Monte Carlo called "Rose de France", and in the early 1900s built Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
Maurice and Béatrice Ephrussi were avid art collectors and his cousin, Charles Ephrussi, proprietor of the Gazette des Beaux-Arts in Paris, was a patron of the Impressionists.
Death
Maurice Ephrussi died in 1916. His widow lived the rest of her life at their residence in Monte Carlo where she died in 1934.