Aline Caroline de Rothschild
French socialite
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Aline Caroline de Rothschild, Lady Sassoon (21 October 1867 – 28 July 1909)[1] was a French socialite and daughter of Cécile Anspach and Baron Gustave de Rothschild of the Rothschild family.
Sybil Rachel Bettie Cécile, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (b. 1894)
Aline Caroline de Rothschild | |
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Lady Sassoon, 1907 by John Singer Sargent | |
| Born | 21 October 1867 Paris, France |
| Died | 28 July 1909 (aged 41) Paris, France |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Philip Albert Gustave David (b. 1888) Sybil Rachel Bettie Cécile, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (b. 1894) |
| Parent(s) | Gustave de Rothschild Cécile Anspach |
She was born in Paris, where her parents had a house on Avenue Marigny.[2] In 1887, aged 19, she married Edward Sassoon (later Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Bt.).[3] They had two children:
- Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt. (1888–1939)
- Sybil Rachel Bettie Cécile, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (1894–1989)
The family settled in London at 25, Kensington Gore, where de Rothschild, a talented artist, set up her own studio. She was part of a group of 'personages distinguished for their breeding, beauty, delicacy and discrimination of mind' called 'The Souls'.[4]
De Rothschild died in Paris on 28 July 1909.[5] Her great-great-grandson is actor Jack Huston.[6]
