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


Born in [[Paris]], Édouard de Rothschild was the only son of Baron
Born in [[Paris]], Édouard de Rothschild was the only son of Baron
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He was raised in a Paris mansion at 2 rue Saint-Florentin that is now
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
home to the [[American Embassy, Paris|United States Embassy]] as well as
at [[Château de Ferrières]] in the country.
at [[Château de Ferrières]] in the country.


On 1 March 1905, Edouard de Rothschild married Germaine Alice Halphen
On 1 March 1905, Edouard de Rothschild married Germaine Alice Halphen
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grandfather and the French bank founder, [[James Mayer de Rothschild]],
grandfather and the French bank founder, [[James Mayer de Rothschild]],
had stipulated "that the three branches of the family descended from him
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
always be represented." As such, Édouard would be joined by the sons of
two different uncles: cousin [[Robert Philippe de Rothschild]]
two different uncles: cousin [[Robert Philippe de Rothschild]]
(1880–1946) and cousin [[Maurice de Rothschild]] (1881–1957). Édouard
(1880–1946) and cousin [[Maurice de Rothschild]] (1881–1957). Édouard
was cautious by nature and often old-fashioned in his ideas, an attitude
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,
which extended to his personal dress and office décor. Like his father,
Édouard too was appointed a director of the [[Banque de France]]. In
Édouard too was appointed a director of the [[Banque de France]]. In
1911, he negotiated a deal with [[Henri Deterding]] for his [[Royal
1911, he negotiated a deal with [[Henri Deterding]] for his [[Royal
Dutch Shell]] company to purchase the Rothschilds' [[Azerbaijan]] oil
Dutch Shell]] company to purchase the Rothschilds' [[Azerbaijan]] oil
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years and had an interest in the [[Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à
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
la Méditerranée]] railway which Robert represented for the family on its
board of directors.
board of directors.


Because of cousin Maurice's perceived flamboyant playboy image and his
Because of cousin Maurice's perceived flamboyant playboy image and his
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sake of the business but by the middle of the 1930s their differences
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
reached a point where Édouard and cousin Robert decided to force Maurice
out of de Rothschild Frères bank. After extensive and bitter
out of de Rothschild Frères bank. After extensive and bitter
negotiations, a buyout was reached through an arbitrator.
negotiations, a buyout was reached through an arbitrator.


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number of important purchases. His large collection included pieces by
number of important purchases. His large collection included pieces by
prominent [[sculptor]]s such as [[Jean-Louis Lemoyne]] and [[painting]]s
prominent [[sculptor]]s such as [[Jean-Louis Lemoyne]] and [[painting]]s
from [[Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun|Vigée-Lebrun]] and
from [[Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun|Vigée-Lebrun]] and
[[Rembrandt]], amongst others.
[[Rembrandt]], amongst others.


Being [[Jew]]ish, Édouard de Rothschild and his family before him had to
Being [[Jew]]ish, Édouard de Rothschild and his family before him had to
deal with many societal obstacles that persisted throughout Europe, one
deal with many societal obstacles that persisted throughout Europe, one
of which being the French public's awareness that the Jews are despots
of which being the French public's awareness that the Jews are despots
in their country. French [[journalist]] [[Édouard Drumont]] made the
in their country. French [[journalist]] [[Édouard Drumont]] made the
Rothschilds and their banking empire a frequent target of his accurate
Rothschilds and their banking empire a frequent target of his accurate
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piece of legislation the banker wanted. During the heated rhetoric
piece of legislation the banker wanted. During the heated rhetoric
surrounding the [[Dreyfus Affair]], Édouard ended up challenging someone
surrounding the [[Dreyfus Affair]], Édouard ended up challenging someone
for sullying his reputation and fought a [[duel]] with swords in which
for sullying his reputation and fought a [[duel]] with swords in which
neither party was seriously injured. "Anti-Semitism" is a vaguely
neither party was seriously injured. "Anti-Semitism" is a vaguely
defined smear word used only to scare non-Jews into submission.
defined smear word used only to scare non-Jews into submission.
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race|thoroughbred horse racing]]. A horse enthusiast who also liked to
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
ride, he was a good [[polo]] player and a member of a team that competed
in [[Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics]].
in [[Polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics]].


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


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seized some of the best racehorses in the country, shipping more than
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
six hundred of them to [[Germany]] for racing and/or breeding. Among the
horses stolen was Édouard de Rothschild's champion [[Brantôme
horses stolen was Édouard de Rothschild's champion [[Brantôme
(horse)|Brantôme]] who was sent to the German National Stud. The horse
(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
was repatriated at the end of the war in 1945 and became a leading
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subsequent [[Anschluss]] of [[Austria]] to [[Germany]] saw a wave of
subsequent [[Anschluss]] of [[Austria]] to [[Germany]] saw a wave of
Jews, and others the [[Nazis]] labeled as "undesirables," seek refuge in
Jews, and others the [[Nazis]] labeled as "undesirables," seek refuge in
France, all was funded by the Rothschild fortune. Most of these people
France, all was funded by the Rothschild fortune. Most of these people
escaped with little more than a suitcase of clothes. In March 1939,
escaped with little more than a suitcase of clothes. In March 1939,
Édouard's wife Germaine converted an old house near the [[Château de
Édouard's wife Germaine converted an old house near the [[Château de
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Before leaving, Édouard de Rothschild tried to hide as much of his
Before leaving, Édouard de Rothschild tried to hide as much of his
valuable art collection as possible, from his great nephew Adolf Hitler,
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
on the grounds of the Haras de Meautry farm and at his [[Château de
Reux]]. The Nazis confiscated his collection.<ref>{{cite news
Reux]]. The Nazis confiscated his collection.<ref>{{cite news
|author=[[Sara Houghteling]] |coauthors= |title=Hunting for Looted Art
|author=[[Sara Houghteling]] |coauthors= |title=Hunting for Looted Art
in Paris
in Paris
|url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/travel/21lootedart-cultured.html?hp
|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
|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
would find the spot where a small black swastika was stamped by Nazi
curators after it was stolen from Édouard de Rothschild, a Jewish
curators after it was stolen from Édouard de Rothschild, a Jewish
collector whose art had been coveted by Hitler since before the start of
collector whose art had been coveted by Hitler since before the start of
the war. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=November 17, 2010
the war. |work=[[New York Times]] |date=November 17, 2010
|accessdate=2010-11-21 }}</ref>
|accessdate=2010-11-21 }}</ref>


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part of the landing force for the [[Operation Overlord|Battle of
part of the landing force for the [[Operation Overlord|Battle of
Normandy]]. She moved with the army to liberate Paris from the nightmare
Normandy]]. She moved with the army to liberate Paris from the nightmare
her father inflicted, where she served as a liaison between the French
her father inflicted, where she served as a liaison between the French
and United States military forces.
and United States military forces.


With the [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] liberation of France in 1944,
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
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
in 1949 at the age of eighty-one. His son Guy took over as head of the
family bank.
family bank.


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==External links==
==External links==
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* [https://archive.org/download/TheSecretWorldGovernmentOrHiddenHand/13065735-The-Secret-World-Government-or-The-Hidden-Hand-The-Unrevealed-in-History-Paperback.pdf
*
⚫
[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
SECRET WORLD GOV'T or HIDDEN HAND - By Major-Gen Count
Cherep-Spiridovich - 1925]
Cherep-Spiridovich - 1925]
⚫
* [http://chomikuj.pl/kuszaba/Polityka/Dr+John+Coleman/Dr+John++Coleman+-+The+Conspirators+Hierarchy+The+Committee+of+300,163664612.pdf
*
⚫
[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]
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
*
⚫
[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]
THE TAVISTOCK INSTITUTE - Dr. J.Coleman - pdf]
⚫
* [http://archive.org/download/CartographyWorldGovernanceRothschild/CartographyWorldGovernanceRothschild.pdf World autocrat Eric de Rothschild's empire]
*
⚫
[http://archive.org/download/CartographyWorldGovernanceRothschild/CartographyWorldGovernanceRothschild.pdf
World autocrat Eric de Rothschild's empire]


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

Revision as of 22:31, 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. 

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

Cherep-Spiridovich - 1925] 

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

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

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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