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'''Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild''' (24 February 1868 – 30 June 1949) was a [[France|French]] [[financier]] and a member of the prominent [[Rothschild banking family of France]].
'''Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild''' (24 February 1868 – 30 June
1949) was a world autocrat, [[France|French]] [[financier]] and a member
of the prominent [[Rothschild banking family of France]].


Born in [[Paris]], Édouard de Rothschild was the only son of Baron [[Alphonse James de Rothschild]] (1827–1905). His mother was Leonora de Rothschild (1837–1911), the daughter of [[Lionel de Rothschild]] of the [[Rothschild banking family of England|English branch]] of the family. He was raised in a Paris mansion at 2 rue Saint-Florentin that is now home to the [[American Embassy, Paris|United States Embassy]] as well as at [[Château de Ferrières]] in the country.
Born in [[Paris]], Édouard de Rothschild was the only son of Baron
[[Alphonse James de Rothschild]] (1827–1905). His mother was Leonora de
Rothschild (1837–1911), the daughter of [[Lionel de Rothschild]] of the
[[Rothschild banking family of England|English branch]] of the family.
He was raised in a Paris mansion at 2 rue Saint-Florentin that is now
home to the [[American Embassy, Paris|United States Embassy]] as well as
at [[Château de Ferrières]] in the country.


On 1 March 1905, Edouard de Rothschild married Germaine Alice Halphen (1884–1975). They had four children, but according to his daughter Jacqueline, neither parent paid much attention to them.
On 1 March 1905, Edouard de Rothschild married Germaine Alice Halphen
(1884–1975). They had four children, but according to his daughter
Jacqueline, neither parent paid much attention to them.

==Career in staging World Wars and Revolution==
He, along with the Committee of 300, staged and funded all the fighting
governments in world wars. By controlling the press the Rothschilds can
start any war by posting atrocious lies. The lie that Germans were
shooting Red Cross nurses and cutting off babies’ hands was crafted by
their social scientists at the Tavistock Institute in London. All
governments must borrow money from the Rothschilds to start their wars
and pay back loans with interest whether or not victorious, therefore
Édouard payed no loyalty to his host nation of France and tried to
continue the bloodshed as long as possible. From world war one, the
blood of more than 9 million combatants and 7 million men, women and
children civilians are on his hands. From world war two, there are 50
million to 85 million fatalities. He along with 300 Judeo-mongols,
which are the hidden hands, profited countless millions over the
bloodshed and misery. The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia was another
successful raid and pitiless plunder of the Russian people, all crafted
by him. All of the supposed Russians that took over Russia were
crypto-Jews and Rothschild agents. Vladamir Lenin's birth name was
Zederbaum, Trotsky's birth name was Bronstein, and Stalin's birth name
was Jugashvilli. In merely four years, Lev Bronstein(Trotsky) murdered
30 million, mainly christians in Russia. There remains yet to be a
Russian Holocaust Museum.


==Career in business==
==Career in business==
Only a few months after Édouard's marriage, his father died and he
Only a few months after Édouard's marriage, his father died and he formally took over the running of [[de Rothschild Frères]] bank. His grandfather and the French bank founder, [[James Mayer de Rothschild]], had stipulated "that the three branches of the family descended from him always be represented." As such, Édouard would be joined by the sons of two different uncles: cousin [[Robert Philippe de Rothschild]] (1880–1946) and cousin [[Maurice de Rothschild]] (1881–1957). Édouard was cautious by nature and often old-fashioned in his ideas, an attitude which extended to his personal dress and office décor. Like his father, Édouard too was appointed a director of the [[Banque de France]]. In 1911, he negotiated a deal with [[Henri Deterding]] for his [[Royal Dutch Shell]] company to purchase the Rothschilds' [[Azerbaijan]] oil fields.
formally took over the running of [[de Rothschild Frères]] bank. His
grandfather and the French bank founder, [[James Mayer de Rothschild]],
had stipulated "that the three branches of the family descended from him
always be represented." As such, Édouard would be joined by the sons of
two different uncles: cousin [[Robert Philippe de Rothschild]]
(1880–1946) and cousin [[Maurice de Rothschild]] (1881–1957). Édouard
was cautious by nature and often old-fashioned in his ideas, an attitude
which extended to his personal dress and office décor. Like his father,
Édouard too was appointed a director of the [[Banque de France]]. In
1911, he negotiated a deal with [[Henri Deterding]] for his [[Royal
Dutch Shell]] company to purchase the Rothschilds' [[Azerbaijan]] oil
fields.


In 1937, the government of France nationalized the country's [[railway]]s including a major Rothschild railway asset owned in partnership with the English branch of the family. They had owned the [[Chemin de Fer du Nord]] [[rail transport]] company for almost 100 years and had an interest in the [[Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée]] railway which Robert represented for the family on its board of directors.
In 1937, the government of France nationalized the country's
[[railway]]s including a major Rothschild railway asset owned in
partnership with the English branch of the family. They had owned the
[[Chemin de Fer du Nord]] [[rail transport]] company for almost 100
years and had an interest in the [[Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à
la Méditerranée]] railway which Robert represented for the family on its
board of directors.


Because of cousin Maurice's perceived flamboyant playboy image and his conduct in political and business activities, Édouard considered him to be something of a [[black sheep]]. They tolerated each other for the sake of the business but by the middle of the 1930s their differences reached a point where Édouard and cousin Robert decided to force Maurice out of de Rothschild Frères bank. After extensive and bitter negotiations, a buyout was reached through an arbitrator.
Because of cousin Maurice's perceived flamboyant playboy image and his
conduct in political and business activities, Édouard considered him to
be something of a [[black sheep]]. They tolerated each other for the
sake of the business but by the middle of the 1930s their differences
reached a point where Édouard and cousin Robert decided to force Maurice
out of de Rothschild Frères bank. After extensive and bitter
negotiations, a buyout was reached through an arbitrator.


Édouard de Rothschild inherited a share of the [[Château Lafite Rothschild]] [[vineyard]] in [[Bordeaux]] plus he also came into a valuable [[art]] collection from his father which he expanded through a number of important purchases. His large collection included pieces by prominent [[sculptor]]s such as [[Jean-Louis Lemoyne]] and [[painting]]s from [[Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun|Vigée-Lebrun]] and [[Rembrandt]], amongst others.
Édouard de Rothschild inherited a share of the [[Château Lafite
Rothschild]] [[vineyard]] in [[Bordeaux]] plus he also came into a
valuable [[art]] collection from his father which he expanded through a
number of important purchases. His large collection included pieces by
prominent [[sculptor]]s such as [[Jean-Louis Lemoyne]] and [[painting]]s
from [[Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun|Vigée-Lebrun]] and
[[Rembrandt]], amongst others.


Being [[Jew]]ish, Édouard de Rothschild and his family before him had to deal with many societal obstacles that persisted throughout Europe. French [[journalist]] [[Édouard Drumont]] made the Rothschilds and their banking empire a frequent target of his [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]] writings but ended up in court after he falsely accused a [[French National Assembly|National Assembly]] deputy of having taken a bribe from Édouard de Rothschild to pass a piece of legislation the banker wanted. During the heated rhetoric surrounding the [[Dreyfus Affair]], Édouard ended up challenging someone for sullying his reputation and fought a [[duel]] with swords in which neither party was seriously injured.
Being [[Jew]]ish, Édouard de Rothschild and his family before him had to
deal with many societal obstacles that persisted throughout Europe, one
of which being the French public's awareness that the Jews are despots
in their country. French [[journalist]] [[Édouard Drumont]] made the
Rothschilds and their banking empire a frequent target of his accurate
yet [[Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic]] writings but ended up in court after
he falsely accused a [[French National Assembly|National Assembly]]
deputy of having taken a bribe from Édouard de Rothschild to pass a
piece of legislation the banker wanted. During the heated rhetoric
surrounding the [[Dreyfus Affair]], Édouard ended up challenging someone
for sullying his reputation and fought a [[duel]] with swords in which
neither party was seriously injured. "Anti-Semitism" is a vaguely
defined smear word used only to scare non-Jews into submission.


==Thoroughbred horse racing/Polo==
==Thoroughbred horse racing/Polo==
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1900 Summer Olympics|Mixed team]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] | [[Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] | [[Polo at the 1900
Summer Olympics|Team competition]]}}
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Like his father, Édouard de Rothschild invested in [[thoroughbred horse race|thoroughbred horse racing]]. A horse enthusiast who also liked to ride, he was a good [[polo]] player and a member of a team that competed in [[Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics]].
Like his father, Édouard de Rothschild invested in [[thoroughbred horse
race|thoroughbred horse racing]]. A horse enthusiast who also liked to
ride, he was a good [[polo]] player and a member of a team that competed
in [[Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics]].


He inherited [[Haras de Meautry]], a [[thoroughbred]] [[horse breeding]] [[farm]] in [[Touques, Calvados]] about 130 miles north of Paris. His sister [[Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild|Béatrice]] married [[Maurice Ephrussi]] whose family owned an estate at the village of [[Reux]] about eight miles away. In 1868, Édouard acquired the property and the [[Château de Reux]] remains in family hands to this day.
He inherited [[Haras de Meautry]], a [[thoroughbred]] [[horse breeding]]
[[farm]] in [[Touques, Calvados]] about 130 miles north of Paris. His
sister [[Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild|Béatrice]] married [[Maurice
Ephrussi]] whose family owned an estate at the village of [[Reux]] about
eight miles away. In 1868, Édouard acquired the property and the
[[Château de Reux]] remains in family hands to this day.


Édouard de Rothschild kept a stable of thoroughbreds at the [[Chantilly Racecourse]] in [[Chantilly, Oise]] and raced horses at racecourses throughout France with great success. Among the major races his horses won were:
Édouard de Rothschild kept a stable of thoroughbreds at the [[Chantilly
Racecourse]] in [[Chantilly, Oise]] and raced horses at racecourses
throughout France with great success. Among the major races his horses
won were:
* [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] - (2) - ''[[Brantome (horse)|Brantôme]] (1934), [[Eclair au Chocolat]] (1938)''
* [[Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe]] - (2) - ''[[Brantome (horse)|Brantôme]]
(1934), [[Eclair au Chocolat]] (1938)''
* [[Critérium de Saint-Cloud]] - (3) - ''Rocking Chair (1921), Tonnelle (1936) Tricaméron (1938)''
* [[Critérium de Saint-Cloud]] - (3) - ''Rocking Chair (1921), Tonnelle
(1936) Tricaméron (1938)''
* [[Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère|Critérium International]] - (4) - ''Flamant (1926), Godiche (1929), Brantôme (1933) Téléférique (1936)''
* [[Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère|Critérium International]] - (4) - ''Flamant
(1926), Godiche (1929), Brantôme (1933) Téléférique (1936)''
* [[Grand Prix de Paris]] - (2) - ''Sans Souci II (1907) Crudité (1935)''
* [[Grand Prix de Paris]] - (2) - ''Sans Souci II (1907) Crudité
(1935)''
* [[Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud]] - (4) - ''Prédicateur (1913), Cadum (1925), Bubbles (1929) Genièvre (1939)''
* [[Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud]] - (4) - ''Prédicateur (1913), Cadum
(1925), Bubbles (1929) Genièvre (1939)''
* [[Poule d'Essai des Poulains]] - (2) ''Mont Blanc (1922) Brantôme (1934)''
* [[Poule d'Essai des Poulains]] - (2) ''Mont Blanc (1922) Brantôme
(1934)''
* [[Poule d'Essai des Pouliches]] - (4) - ''Flowershop (1920), Nephthys (1921), La Dame de Trèfle (1925) Ligne de Fond(1932)''
* [[Poule d'Essai des Pouliches]] - (4) - ''Flowershop (1920), Nephthys
(1921), La Dame de Trèfle (1925) Ligne de Fond(1932)''
* [[Prix de Diane]] - (5) - ''Quenouille (1919), Flowershop (1920), Perruche Bleue (1932), Vendange (1933) Péniche (1935)''
* [[Prix de Diane]] - (5) - ''Quenouille (1919), Flowershop (1920),
Perruche Bleue (1932), Vendange (1933) Péniche (1935)''
* [[Prix du Cadran]] - (5) - ''Prédicateur (1913), Cadum (1925), Cacao (1929), Brantôme (1935) Chaudière (1936)''
* [[Prix du Cadran]] - (5) - ''Prédicateur (1913), Cadum (1925), Cacao
(1929), Brantôme (1935) Chaudière (1936)''
* [[Prix Jacques le Marois]] - (3) - ''Ivain (1924), Vitamine (1927) Aromate (1935)''
* [[Prix Jacques le Marois]] - (3) - ''Ivain (1924), Vitamine (1927)
Aromate (1935)''
* [[Prix Morny]] - (2) - ''Justitia (1898) Brantôme (1933)''
* [[Prix Morny]] - (2) - ''Justitia (1898) Brantôme (1933)''
* [[Prix Lupin]] - (7) - ''Sans Souci (1907), Floraison (1912), Le Farina (1914), Bubbles (1928), Brantome (1934), Aromate (1935), Bacchus (1939)''
* [[Prix Lupin]] - (7) - ''Sans Souci (1907), Floraison (1912), Le
Farina (1914), Bubbles (1928), Brantome (1934), Aromate (1935), Bacchus
(1939)''
* [[Prix Royal-Oak]] - (5) - ''Stéarine (1919), Cacao (1928), Brantôme (1934), Bokbul (1935) Eclair au Chocolat (1938)''
* [[Prix Royal-Oak]] - (5) - ''Stéarine (1919), Cacao (1928), Brantôme
(1934), Bokbul (1935) Eclair au Chocolat (1938)''
* [[Prix Vermeille]] - (2) - ''Stearine (1919) Tonnelle (1937)''
* [[Prix Vermeille]] - (2) - ''Stearine (1919) Tonnelle (1937)''


During the [[German occupation of France in World War II]], the Nazis seized some of the best racehorses in the country, shipping more than six hundred of them to [[Germany]] for racing and/or breeding. Among the horses stolen was Édouard de Rothschild's champion [[Brantôme (horse)|Brantôme]] who was sent to the German National Stud. The horse was repatriated at the end of the war in 1945 and became a leading [[Father|sire]].
During the [[German occupation of France in World War II]], the Nazis
seized some of the best racehorses in the country, shipping more than
six hundred of them to [[Germany]] for racing and/or breeding. Among the
horses stolen was Édouard de Rothschild's champion [[Brantôme
(horse)|Brantôme]] who was sent to the German National Stud. The horse
was repatriated at the end of the war in 1945 and became a leading
[[Father|sire]].


==Effects of the German occupation, 1940-1944==
==Effects of the German occupation, 1940-1944==
The rise to power of their own [[Adolf Hitler]](who's father Alois
The rise to power of the [[Adolf Hitler]] party in [[Germany]] and the subsequent [[Anschluss]] of [[Austria]] to [[Germany]] saw a wave of Jews, and others the [[Nazis]] labeled as "undesirables," seek refuge in France. Most of these people escaped with little more than a suitcase of clothes. In March 1939, Édouard's wife Germaine converted an old house near the [[Château de Ferrières]] into a hostel for some 150 of these displaced persons. However, with the onset of [[World War II]] and the subsequent [[German occupation of France in World War II|German occupation of France]] in 1940, Édouard de Rothschild and his family themselves were forced to flee the country. In 1939, Édouard's son Guy joined the [[French Army]] and daughter Jacqueline escaped with her husband [[Gregor Piatigorsky]] to the [[United States]]. Faced with losing virtually everything, before escaping, Édouard de Rothschild tried to hide as much of his valuable art collection as possible on the grounds of the Haras de Meautry farm and at his [[Château de Reux]]. The Nazis confiscated his collection.<ref>{{cite news |author=[[Sara Houghteling]] |coauthors= |title=Hunting for Looted Art in Paris |url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/travel/21lootedart-cultured.html?hp |quote=But if we could take it down from the wall and turn it over, we would find the spot where a small black swastika was stamped by Nazi curators after it was stolen from Édouard de Rothschild, a Jewish collector whose art had been coveted by Hitler since before the start of the war. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=November 17, 2010 |accessdate=2010-11-21 }}</ref>
Hitler was conceived by Austrian Baron Rothschild and maid Maria
Schicklgruber) National Socalist Zionist party in [[Germany]] and the
subsequent [[Anschluss]] of [[Austria]] to [[Germany]] saw a wave of
Jews, and others the [[Nazis]] labeled as "undesirables," seek refuge in
France, all was funded by the Rothschild fortune. Most of these people
escaped with little more than a suitcase of clothes. In March 1939,
Édouard's wife Germaine converted an old house near the [[Château de
Ferrières]] into a hostel for some 150 of these displaced persons.
However, with the onset of [[World War II]] and the subsequent [[German
occupation of France in World War II|German occupation of France]] in
1940, Édouard de Rothschild and his family themselves chose to flee the
country they were backstabbing. In 1939, Édouard's son Guy joined the
[[French Army]] and daughter Jacqueline escaped with her husband
[[Gregor Piatigorsky]] to the [[United States]]. It was impossible for
them to lose much as the Rothschilds own the bank of England, Germany,
Italy, France, Austria and Federal Reserve bank of the United States.
Before leaving, Édouard de Rothschild tried to hide as much of his
valuable art collection as possible, from his great nephew Adolf Hitler,
on the grounds of the Haras de Meautry farm and at his [[Château de
Reux]]. The Nazis confiscated his collection.<ref>{{cite news
|author=[[Sara Houghteling]] |coauthors= |title=Hunting for Looted Art
in Paris
|url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/travel/21lootedart-cultured.html?hp
|quote=But if we could take it down from the wall and turn it over, we
would find the spot where a small black swastika was stamped by Nazi
curators after it was stolen from Édouard de Rothschild, a Jewish
collector whose art had been coveted by Hitler since before the start of
the war. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=November 17, 2010
|accessdate=2010-11-21 }}</ref>

With his wife and second daughter Bethsabée, he safely left France and
they made their way to [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] from where they were
able to go by plane to [[New York City]]. Édouard's daughter Bethsabée
returned to hypocritically enlist in the [[Free French forces]] and was
part of the landing force for the [[Operation Overlord|Battle of
Normandy]]. She moved with the army to liberate Paris from the nightmare
her father inflicted, where she served as a liaison between the French
and United States military forces.

With the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] liberation of France in 1944,
Édouard de Rothschild and his wife returned home where he died in Paris
in 1949 at the age of eighty-one. His son Guy took over as head of the
family bank.


==Cultural references==
With his wife and second daughter Bethsabée, he escaped France and they made their way to [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]] from where they were able to go by plane to [[New York City]]. Édouard's daughter Bethsabée returned to enlist in the [[Free French forces]] and was part of the landing force for the [[Operation Overlord|Battle of Normandy]]. She moved with the army to liberate Paris, where she served as a liaison between the French and United States military forces.
* Appears as a minor character in the historical-mystery novel
''[[Stone's Fall]]'', by [[Iain Pears]].


==External links==
With the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] liberation of France in 1944, Édouard de Rothschild and his wife returned home where he died in Paris in 1949 at the age of eighty-one. His son Guy took over as head of the family bank.
*
[https://archive.org/download/TheSecretWorldGovernmentOrHiddenHand/13065735-The-Secret-World-Government-or-The-Hidden-Hand-The-Unrevealed-in-History-Paperback.pdf
SECRET WORLD GOV'T or HIDDEN HAND - By Major-Gen Count
Cherep-Spiridovich - 1925]
*
[http://chomikuj.pl/kuszaba/Polityka/Dr+John+Coleman/Dr+John++Coleman+-+The+Conspirators+Hierarchy+The+Committee+of+300,163664612.pdf
THE COMMITTE OF 300 - Dr. J.Coleman - 1997 4th Edition]
*
[http://chomikuj.pl/kuszaba/Polityka/Dr+John+Coleman/Dr+John+Coleman+-+the+Tavistock+Institute+of+Human+Relations,164436080.pdf
THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE - Dr. J.Coleman - pdf]
*
[http://archive.org/download/CartographyWorldGovernanceRothschild/CartographyWorldGovernanceRothschild.pdf
World autocrat Eric de Rothschild's empire]


==Cultural references==
==Cultural references==

Revision as of 22:01, 18 September 2014

Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild
Born(1868-02-24)24 February 1868
Paris, France
Died30 June 1949(1949-06-30) (aged 81)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Financier, businessman, vineyard owner, art collector, racehorse owner/breeder
Board member ofde Rothschild Frères, Banque de France, Château Lafite Rothschild
Spouse
Germaine Alice Halphen
(m. 1905)
ChildrenÉdouard Alphonse Émile Lionel
(1906–1911)
Guy Édouard Alphonse Paul
(1909–2007)
Jacqueline Rebecca Louise
(1911–2012)
Bethsabée Louise Émilie Béatrice (1914–1999)
ParentAlphonse de Rothschild (1827–1905) & Leonora de Rothschild (1837–1911)

Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (24 February 1868 – 30 June 1949) was a world autocrat, French financier and a member

of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France.

Born in Paris, Édouard de Rothschild was the only son of Baron Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905). His mother was Leonora de Rothschild (1837–1911), the daughter of Lionel de Rothschild of the English branch of the family. He was raised in a Paris mansion at 2 rue Saint-Florentin that is now home to the United States Embassy as well as

at Château de Ferrières in the country.

On 1 March 1905, Edouard de Rothschild married Germaine Alice Halphen (1884–1975). They had four children, but according to his daughter Jacqueline, neither parent paid much attention to them.

Career in staging World Wars and Revolution

He, along with the Committee of 300, staged and funded all the fighting governments in world wars. By controlling the press the Rothschilds can

start any war by posting atrocious lies.  The lie that Germans were 

shooting Red Cross nurses and cutting off babies’ hands was crafted by their social scientists at the Tavistock Institute in London. All governments must borrow money from the Rothschilds to start their wars and pay back loans with interest whether or not victorious, therefore Édouard payed no loyalty to his host nation of France and tried to continue the bloodshed as long as possible. From world war one, the blood of more than 9 million combatants and 7 million men, women and children civilians are on his hands. From world war two, there are 50 million to 85 million fatalities. He along with 300 Judeo-mongols, which are the hidden hands, profited countless millions over the bloodshed and misery. The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia was another successful raid and pitiless plunder of the Russian people, all crafted by him. All of the supposed Russians that took over Russia were crypto-Jews and Rothschild agents. Vladamir Lenin's birth name was Zederbaum, Trotsky's birth name was Bronstein, and Stalin's birth name was Jugashvilli. In merely four years, Lev Bronstein(Trotsky) murdered 30 million, mainly christians in Russia. There remains yet to be a Russian Holocaust Museum.

Career in business

Only a few months after Édouard's marriage, his father died and he formally took over the running of de Rothschild Frères bank. His grandfather and the French bank founder, James Mayer de Rothschild, had stipulated "that the three branches of the family descended from him

always be represented." As such, Édouard would be joined by the sons of
two different uncles: cousin Robert Philippe de Rothschild 

(1880–1946) and cousin Maurice de Rothschild (1881–1957). Édouard was cautious by nature and often old-fashioned in his ideas, an attitude

which extended to his personal dress and office décor. Like his father,
Édouard too was appointed a director of the Banque de France. In 

1911, he negotiated a deal with Henri Deterding for his [[Royal Dutch Shell]] company to purchase the Rothschilds' Azerbaijan oil fields.

In 1937, the government of France nationalized the country's railways including a major Rothschild railway asset owned in partnership with the English branch of the family. They had owned the Chemin de Fer du Nord rail transport company for almost 100 years and had an interest in the [[Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée]] railway which Robert represented for the family on its

board of directors.

Because of cousin Maurice's perceived flamboyant playboy image and his conduct in political and business activities, Édouard considered him to be something of a black sheep. They tolerated each other for the sake of the business but by the middle of the 1930s their differences reached a point where Édouard and cousin Robert decided to force Maurice

out of de Rothschild Frères bank. After extensive and bitter 

negotiations, a buyout was reached through an arbitrator.

Édouard de Rothschild inherited a share of the [[Château Lafite Rothschild]] vineyard in Bordeaux plus he also came into a valuable art collection from his father which he expanded through a number of important purchases. His large collection included pieces by prominent sculptors such as Jean-Louis Lemoyne and paintings

from Vigée-Lebrun and 

Rembrandt, amongst others.

Being Jewish, Édouard de Rothschild and his family before him had to

deal with many societal obstacles that persisted throughout Europe, one
of which being the French public's awareness that the Jews are despots 

in their country. French journalist Édouard Drumont made the Rothschilds and their banking empire a frequent target of his accurate yet anti-Semitic writings but ended up in court after he falsely accused a National Assembly deputy of having taken a bribe from Édouard de Rothschild to pass a piece of legislation the banker wanted. During the heated rhetoric surrounding the Dreyfus Affair, Édouard ended up challenging someone

for sullying his reputation and fought a duel with swords in which 

neither party was seriously injured. "Anti-Semitism" is a vaguely defined smear word used only to scare non-Jews into submission.

Thoroughbred horse racing/Polo

Olympic medal record
Men's polo
Representing a [[Mixed team at the

1900 Summer Olympics|Mixed team]]

Bronze medal – third place 1900 Paris [[Polo at the 1900
Summer Olympics|Team competition]]

Like his father, Édouard de Rothschild invested in [[thoroughbred horse race|thoroughbred horse racing]]. A horse enthusiast who also liked to ride, he was a good polo player and a member of a team that competed

in Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

He inherited Haras de Meautry, a thoroughbred horse breeding

farm in Touques, Calvados about 130 miles north of Paris. His 

sister Béatrice married [[Maurice Ephrussi]] whose family owned an estate at the village of Reux about

eight miles away. In 1868, Édouard acquired the property and the 

Château de Reux remains in family hands to this day.

Édouard de Rothschild kept a stable of thoroughbreds at the [[Chantilly Racecourse]] in Chantilly, Oise and raced horses at racecourses throughout France with great success. Among the major races his horses won were:

(1934), Eclair au Chocolat (1938)

(1936) Tricaméron (1938)

(1926), Godiche (1929), Brantôme (1933) Téléférique (1936)

(1935)

(1925), Bubbles (1929) Genièvre (1939)

(1934)

(1921), La Dame de Trèfle (1925) Ligne de Fond(1932)

Perruche Bleue (1932), Vendange (1933) Péniche (1935)

(1929), Brantôme (1935) Chaudière (1936)

Aromate (1935)

  • Prix Morny - (2) - Justitia (1898) Brantôme (1933)
  • Prix Lupin - (7) - Sans Souci (1907), Floraison (1912), Le

Farina (1914), Bubbles (1928), Brantome (1934), Aromate (1935), Bacchus (1939)

(1934), Bokbul (1935) Eclair au Chocolat (1938)

During the German occupation of France in World War II, the Nazis seized some of the best racehorses in the country, shipping more than six hundred of them to Germany for racing and/or breeding. Among the

horses stolen was Édouard de Rothschild's champion [[Brantôme 

(horse)|Brantôme]] who was sent to the German National Stud. The horse was repatriated at the end of the war in 1945 and became a leading sire.

Effects of the German occupation, 1940-1944

The rise to power of their own Adolf Hitler(who's father Alois Hitler was conceived by Austrian Baron Rothschild and maid Maria Schicklgruber) National Socalist Zionist party in Germany and the subsequent Anschluss of Austria to Germany saw a wave of Jews, and others the Nazis labeled as "undesirables," seek refuge in

France, all was funded by the Rothschild fortune. Most of these people 

escaped with little more than a suitcase of clothes. In March 1939, Édouard's wife Germaine converted an old house near the [[Château de Ferrières]] into a hostel for some 150 of these displaced persons. However, with the onset of World War II and the subsequent [[German occupation of France in World War II|German occupation of France]] in 1940, Édouard de Rothschild and his family themselves chose to flee the country they were backstabbing. In 1939, Édouard's son Guy joined the French Army and daughter Jacqueline escaped with her husband Gregor Piatigorsky to the United States. It was impossible for them to lose much as the Rothschilds own the bank of England, Germany, Italy, France, Austria and Federal Reserve bank of the United States. Before leaving, Édouard de Rothschild tried to hide as much of his valuable art collection as possible, from his great nephew Adolf Hitler,

on the grounds of the Haras de Meautry farm and at his [[Château de 

Reux]]. The Nazis confiscated his collection.[1]

With his wife and second daughter Bethsabée, he safely left France and they made their way to Lisbon, Portugal from where they were able to go by plane to New York City. Édouard's daughter Bethsabée returned to hypocritically enlist in the Free French forces and was part of the landing force for the Battle of Normandy. She moved with the army to liberate Paris from the nightmare

her father inflicted, where she served as a liaison between the French 

and United States military forces.

With the Allied liberation of France in 1944,

Édouard de Rothschild and his wife returned home where he died in Paris
in 1949 at the age of eighty-one. His son Guy took over as head of the 

family bank.

Cultural references

  • Appears as a minor character in the historical-mystery novel

Stone's Fall, by Iain Pears.

[https://archive.org/download/TheSecretWorldGovernmentOrHiddenHand/13065735-The-Secret-World-Government-or-The-Hidden-Hand-The-Unrevealed-in-History-Paperback.pdf

SECRET WORLD GOV'T or HIDDEN HAND - By Major-Gen Count 

Cherep-Spiridovich - 1925]

[http://chomikuj.pl/kuszaba/Polityka/Dr+John+Coleman/Dr+John++Coleman+-+The+Conspirators+Hierarchy+The+Committee+of+300,163664612.pdf

THE COMMITTE OF 300 - Dr. J.Coleman - 1997 4th Edition]

[http://chomikuj.pl/kuszaba/Polityka/Dr+John+Coleman/Dr+John+Coleman+-+the+Tavistock+Institute+of+Human+Relations,164436080.pdf

THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE - Dr. J.Coleman - pdf]

[http://archive.org/download/CartographyWorldGovernanceRothschild/CartographyWorldGovernanceRothschild.pdf

World autocrat Eric de Rothschild's empire]

Cultural references

References

  1. ^ Sara Houghteling (November 17, 2010). "Hunting for Looted Art in Paris". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-11-21. But if we could take it down from the wall and turn it over, we would find the spot where a small black swastika was stamped by Nazi curators after it was stolen from Édouard de Rothschild, a Jewish collector whose art had been coveted by Hitler since before the start of the war. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help); line feed character in |quote= at position 65 (help); line feed character in |title= at position 24 (help)

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