Šandor Alexander
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Šandor Alexander pl. Sesvetski |
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| Born |
5 April 1866 Zagreb, Austrian Empire, (now Croatia) |
| Died | 17 December 1929 (aged 63) Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, (now Serbia) |
| Resting place | Mirogoj Cemetery |
| Citizenship | Croatia |
| Home town | Zagreb |
| Spouse(s) | Karolina Dragojla (née Ebenspanger) Alexander |
| Children | Zora (b. 1895) |
| Parent(s) | Jonas and Roza Alexander |
| Relatives |
Samuel David Alexander (brother) Oskar Alexander (cousin) Viktor Alexander (cousin) |
Šandor Alexander pl. Sesvetski (April 5, 1866 – December 17, 1929) was a Croatian nobleman, industrialist, philanthropist, younger brother of Samuel David Alexander and member of the Zagreb prominent Alexander family.
Alexander, known as Der Berühmte (The Notable One), was born in Zagreb to a Croatian Jewish family. His father, Jonas Alexander, was a merchant who came to Zagreb from Güssing, Austria and his mother Roza (née Stern) was from Zagreb old influential Jewish family. Alexander had an older brother, Samuel David, and two sisters, Gizela and Ilka. Alexander attended elementary and high school in Zagreb. He was married to Karolina Dragojla (née Ebenspanger) Alexander, who was from Varaždin. Together they had only child, daughter Zora who was born on September 18, 1895 in Zagreb. Alexander wife died in Zagreb, on September 18, 1925. His daughter was married to Croatian Jewish industrialist and merchant, Artur Marić (born Mayer). In 1944, during World War II, Alexander daughter was killed by Nazis in Auschwitz.
After his education, Alexander worked for 3 years at the "Paromlin" in Zagreb. Alexander gained his commercial training as a partner of his father, at their family grain wholesale. He was remarkable economic expert who published the noted article in the "Bankarstvo" magazine, 1924. Between 1905 and 1910, Alexander was the city representative in the Zagreb City Assembly. In 1909 he became the adviser of Franz Joseph I of Austria. Alexander worked and was a member in more than 60 association in Croatia. He was the councillor, vicepresident and honorary president of the "Commercial Chamber". He also worked as treasurer and later as a vicepresident of the "Commercial Home" in Zagreb, and as an honorary vicepresident of the "Association of traders for Croatia and Slavonija". Alexander was also the vicepresident of the "Bank for commerce and industry d.d.", and board member of the "Croatian trust bank d.d." and "Croatian commercial bank d.d.". Since 1885, at "Croatian commercial association Merkur", Alexander was at first vicepresident, since 1892 the president and in 1910, he was honored as a lifetime president. Within "Merkur", he advocated the development of vocational education. Alexander was major stock holder of the "First Croatian machinery factory and iron foundry" in Zagreb. He also encouraged the development of tourism in Croatia, and as so he was the major shareholder of "Schlesinger Palace" (now "Hotel Palace, Zagreb") in Zagreb. Alexander was member of the society "Narodni rad - društvo židovskih asimilanata i anticionista u Hrvatskoj" (Peoples work - Society of Jewish assimilates and anti Zionists in Croatia).
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