Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild
| Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild | |
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| Born |
14 September 1864 Paris, France |
| Died | 7 April 1934 (aged 69) Davos, Switzerland |
| Spouse(s) | Maurice Ephrussi (m. 1883–1916) |
| Parent(s) |
Alphonse J. de Rothschild (1827–1905) Leonora de Rothschild (1837–1911) |
Charlotte Béatrice de Rothschild (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁlɔt beatʁis də ʁɔtʃild]) (14 September 1864 – 7 April 1934) was a French socialite, art collector, and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France.
Known as Béatrice, she was born in Paris, France, the daughter of banker Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905) and Leonora de Rothschild (1837–1911), daughter of Lionel de Rothschild.
In 1883, Béatrice de Rothschild married the Russian-born banker Maurice Ephrussi, a member of the Ephrussi family. The couple maintained a home in Monte Carlo and Béatrice de Rothschild used her wealth to travel the world and to acquire a collection of paintings including Old Masters, plus sculptures, objets d'art, rare porcelain and antique furniture. She also commissioned the Rothschild Fabergé egg in 1902, presenting it to her future sister-in-law, Germaine Alice Halphen, on the occasion of her engagement to Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild.
In 1902, her husband's cousin, Théodore Reinach began building a Grecian-style villa at Beaulieu-sur-Mer on what became known as the French Riviera. Visiting his Villa Kerylos, Baroness Ephrussi de Rothschild fell in love with the area and acquired a 17-acre (69,000 m2) parcel of land on Cap Ferrat where she built a luxurious Venetian style villa in the Goût Rothschild. She filled it with many of her collections and created her own private zoo with exotic birds and animals including flamingos budgerigars, monkeys, mongooses, antelopes, and gazelles.
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