Annette de la Renta
| Annette de la Renta | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Anne France Mannheimer 24 December 1939 Nice, France |
| Other names | Anne France Engelhard |
| Occupation | Philanthropist, socialite |
| Spouse(s) |
Samuel Pryor Reed (m. 1960; div. 1986) Oscar de la Renta (m. 1989; d. 2014) |
| Children | Beatrice Anne Reed Eliza Reed Bolen Charles Reed Moises de la Renta (stepson) |
| Parent(s) |
Fritz Mannheimer Jane Engelhard |
| Relatives | Charles W. Engelhard, Jr. (step-father) |
Annette de la Renta (born 24 December 1939) is an American philanthropist and socialite, the widow of the Dominican fashion designer Oscar de la Renta. She was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1973.
Born in Nice, France, as Anne France Mannheimer and nicknamed Annette, she is the only child of a German Jewish banker, Fritz Mannheimer (1890–1939), who died before her birth, and his Roman Catholic wife, Marie Antoinette Jeanne Reiss (later known as Jane Engelhard, 1917–2004). Annette's German-born maternal grandfather, Hugo Reiss, was a prominent German Jewish businessman in Shanghai, China, where he served as the Brazilian consul; and her maternal grandmother, Ignatia Mary Valerie Murphy, was a Roman Catholic of Irish descent from San Francisco, California. In 1947, after her mother moved to the United States and remarried, Annette Mannheimer was adopted by her stepfather, Charles W. Engelhard, Jr., an industrial magnate, and became Annette Engelhard. She was raised in the Roman Catholic faith of her mother.
In 1960, she married private investor Samuel Pryor Reed (born 1934 – died 2005) in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Bernardsville, New Jersey. He was a vice president of Engelhard Industries (1960-76), the minerals conglomerate; and he later owned American Heritage magazine. She had three children with Reed:
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