Religion Judaism Name Maurice Rothschild Grandparents James Mayer de Rothschild | Spouse(s) Noemie Halphen Grandchildren Benjamin de Rothschild | |
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Born May 19, 1881 ( 1881-05-19 ) Boulogne-Billancourt, France Residence Hotel de Pontalba,
Chateau d'Armainvilliers,
Chateau de Pregny Occupation Financier, politician, art collector, philanthropist Died September 4, 1957, Pregny-Chambesy, Switzerland Parents Edmond James de Rothschild Children Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild Similar People Edmond James de Rothschild, Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild, Benjamin de Rothschild, James Mayer de Rothschild, James de Rothschild | ||
Maurice Edmond Karl de Rothschild (May 19, 1881 – September 4, 1957) was an art collector, vineyard owner, financier, Senator of France, and one of the most financially successful members of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France. The second child of Edmond James de Rothschild (1845–1934) and Adelheid von Rothschild (1853–1935), he was born in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris and raised there at the Chateau Rothschild, Boulogne-Billancourt.
Maurice de Rothschild inherited a fortune from the childless Adolph Carl von Rothschild (1823-1900) of the Naples branch of the family and moved to Geneva, Switzerland where he perpetuated the new Swiss branch of the family.
In 1909 Maurice de Rothschild married Noemie Claire Alice Palmyre Halphen (1888–1968). Her mother was Marie Hermine Rodrigues Pereire (1860–1936), daughter of Eugene Pereire of the Pereire banking family whose Credit Mobilier were arch-competitors of the Rothschilds. Noemie Halphen and Maurice de Rothschild had one child, a son Edmond.
In June 1940, during the Battle of France, Rothschild and several family members received Portuguese visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes, allowing them to flee France for Portugal. Maurice de Rothschild sailed from Lisbon to Scotland the following month.