Alice Charlotte von Rothschild
Alice Charlotte von Rothschild ( born February 17, 1847 in Frankfurt am Main, † May 3, 1922 ) was a prominent family member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria, botanist and Gartenbauerin.
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Her grandparents were the dynasty founder of the Austrian branch of the Rothschild banking family Salomon Meyer Freiherr von Rothschild (1774-1855) and her grandmother Caroline Stern ( 1782-1849 ). According to the testament of the Frankfurt patriarch Mayer Amschel Rothschild, the family should be under each other with their cousins marry first and second degree.
Family
Her father Anselm Salomon Freiherr von Rothschild (1803-1874), who later became head of the Rothschild bank in Vienna took over, so her mother married Charlotte von Rothschild ( 1807-1859 ). This was the eldest daughter of a London banker Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777-1830), the younger brother of his father. The couple had eight children, who were by her mother a strong relation to the Kingdom of Great Britain. Of her seven siblings of her was particularly her only eight years older, born in Paris brother Ferdinand very close, who studied at Cambridge University and married an English cousin. When she was twelve years old, her mother died of Charlotte von Rothschild ( 1807-1859 ). Your childhood was still lonely, because her father constantly went away and was very busy with the management of the bank.
Eythrope Pavilion at Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire
When her brother Ferdinand in 1874 with the construction of Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire (England) began, she bought a little later the location at the edge of the area property Eythrope. Between 1876 and 1879, they laid there in a park and garden, and ordered in a house near the river, called Eythrope Pavilion. Because she suffered from rheumatic fever, she was strongly advised not to live near water, as moisture could worsen their health problem. Therefore, they had built their house without bedroom and returned every evening to night to nearby Waddesdon Manor back.
After her brother 's death in 1898, Ferdinand inherited Alice Waddesdon Manor. During the First World War she tried there the cultivation of certain vegetables in the gardens of Waddesdon and Eythrope, but had so little luck.
Former Rothschild gardens in Grasse
As her health deteriorated, she spent more and more time from 1887 in Grasse in the Alpes -Maritimes in the south of France, mostly from October to March. Here they bought a 42 -year-old initially a small olive grove next to the former Grand Hotel, together with a cottage thereon. Your land acquisition ended there with a 135 -acre site.
There they built, as competent biologist and garden lover, a huge garden according to the English garden design. Many exotic trees and plants were here temporarily planted and maintained under their expert guidance with 50 to 80 employed assistants. In addition, the villa was the Villa Victoria, essential for a Frankfurt-born Englishwoman, built a tea pavilion. Your thereat property was about 20 km inland, north of the Mediterranean coast. Without own family and childless, she sought the proximity of relatives. So had near Cannes her cousin Laura Thérèse de Rothschild, that of James -Edouard de Rothschild 's widow, the Villa Rothschild. Only 55 kilometers away was in a seven -acre plot of land in Saint -Jean- Cap- Ferrat on the Cote d' Azur Villa Ephrussi another cousin Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild.
Even Queen Victoria made in Grasse often winter holiday and visited the then already famous gardens of Alice Charlotte von Rothschild. According to the book The Rothschild Gardens by Miriam Rothschild Alice von Rothschild invested the equivalent of almost half a million pounds ( sterling ) annually in their gardens in Grasse. Alice was a strong-willed impulsive and direct person. According to a 2001 book by author Michael Nelson she ruled herself Queen Victoria: " The queen went on a lawn with a flower bed and accidentally broke several plants The Baroness could not contain himself and called the sovereign in all his strength to. " Get Out! "
Like most other members of the Rothschild family was Alice de Rothschild an art collector. She earned paintings, sculptures and other art objects. They also built up a unique collection of pipes, including French, Spanish and Italian examples from the 17th century. The collection was donated after her death in 1822 the town of Grasse. After her death, Edmond de Rothschild gave the town of Grasse, the garden property with the condition that public access to parts of the gardens. A great deal has been parceled out by the city planning, about 100, and later with built villas. Nevertheless can still subregions, see how proud old trees and Terrasenbauen of the former garden. The Villa Victoria was later the hotel " Parc Palace ", which among other the famous French actor Gérard Philipe turned.
Erbregelungen
The childless Alice de Rothschild chose as their heirs of Waddesdon Manor James Armand de Rothschild, called Jimmy (1878-1957), living in England firstborn son of Edmond de Rothschild of the Paris banking house of Rothschild. The childless wife Mathilde Dorothy de Rothschild Jimmy was then the next heir. You should pay seven million inheritance. Therefore, the building Waddesdon Manor was the National Trust overwritten. The reason, including Eythrope, and the art collection was inherited Jimmy's wife. This chose in 1988 the already wealthy Lord Jacob de Rothschild at the London banking house of the heirs.
Honors
Avenue Rothschild in Grasse her is named in honor.