Noémie de Rothschild
French philanthropist and property developer (1888-1968)
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Noémie de Rothschild (née Halphen; June 29, 1888 – March 15, 1968) was a French philanthropist and property developer.
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29 June 1888
Noémie de Rothschild | |
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| Born | Noémie Halphen 29 June 1888 Paris, France |
| Died | 15 March 1968 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Occupations | Philanthropist, developer |
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| Children | Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild |
| Parent(s) | Jules Halphen Marie Rodrigues-Péreire |
| Relatives | Eugène Halphen (paternal grandfather) Eugène Péreire (maternal grandfather) Edmond James de Rothschild (father-in-law) |
Early life
Noémie de Rothschild was born as Noémie Halphen on 29 June 1888 in Paris, France to Jules Halphen and Marie Hermine Rodrigues-Péreire.[1] She was the granddaughter of financier Eugène Péreire of the Sephardic-Jewish Péreire family of Portugal who were banking rivals of the Rothschilds.
Career
Rothschild turned her hôtel particulier in Paris into a hospital during World War I.[1] In 1916, she decided to develop a ski resort in France to avoid having to holiday alongside the Germans in St. Moritz, Switzerland.[1][2] By 1919, she founded Société Française des Hôtels de Montagne.[1]
Rothschild developed the Domaine du Mont d'Arbois, a luxury hotel in Mont d'Arbois near Megève in Haute-Savoie.[3] It was completed in 1921.[1]
Personal life and death
She married Maurice de Rothschild, a banker and politician. They had a son, Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild. She died on 15 March 1968 in Paris.[1]