Eugène von Rothschild

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| relatives = [[Georg Anselm Alphonse]] (1877–1934)<br>
| relatives = [[Georg Anselm Alphonse]] (1877–1934)<br>
[[Alphonse Meyer de Rothschild]] (1878–1942)<br>[[Charlotte Esther von Rothschild]] (1879–1885)<br>[[Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild|Ludwig Nathaniel]] (1882–1955)<br>[[Valentine Noémi von Rothschild]] (1886–1969)<br>[[Oskar von Rothschild]] (1888–1909)
[[Alphonse Meyer de Rothschild]] (1878–1942)<br>[[Charlotte Esther von Rothschild]] (1879–1885)<br>[[Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild|Ludwig Nathaniel]] (1882–1955)<br>[[Valentine Noémi von Rothschild]] (1886–1969)<br>[[Oskar von Rothschild]] (1888–1909)
| spouse = {{marriage|Catherine Wolff|28 April 1925|1946|end=died}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Catherine Wolff|28 April 1925|1946|end=died}}<br>
{{marriage|[[Jeanne Stuart]]|21 December 1952}}
{{marriage|[[Jeanne Stuart]]|21 December 1952}}
}}'''Baron Eugène Daniel von Rothschild''' (6 March 1884 – 25 April 1976) was a member of the notable [[Rothschild family]]. He was part of the 5th generation of Rothschild (measured from [[Mayer Amschel Rothschild|Mayer Amschel]]) and his parents were [[Albert Salomon von Rothschild|Salomon]] and Bettina Rothschild. He was descended from the [[Rothschild banking family of Austria|Austrian branch of the family]].
}}'''Baron Eugène Daniel von Rothschild''' (6 March 1884 – 25 April 1976) was a member of the notable [[Rothschild family]]. He was part of the 5th generation of Rothschild (measured from [[Mayer Amschel Rothschild|Mayer Amschel]]) and his parents were [[Albert Salomon von Rothschild|Salomon]] and Bettina Rothschild. He was descended from the [[Rothschild banking family of Austria|Austrian branch of the family]].
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==Career==
==Career==
He served in the [[World War I]] in the Austrian Imperial Army but after the war was less need for soldiers and thus he retired.
He served in the [[World War I]] in the [[Austro-Hungarian Army]] but after the war was less need for soldiers and thus he retired.


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
[[File:Baroness Eugène de Rothschild, by Philip de László.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait of his wife, Catherine, by [[Philip de László]], 1922]]
[[File:Baroness Eugène de Rothschild, by Philip de László.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait of his wife, Catherine, by [[Philip de László]], 1922]]
On 28 April 1925, after living together in [[Paris]] following her 1922 divorce, he married Countess Erwein von Schönborn-Buchheim ({{nee}} Catherine "Kitty" Wolf, formerly Mrs. Dandridge Spotswood, who married Count Erwein in 1911) (1885–1946),<ref name="1911Wedding">{{cite news |title=MRS. SPOTSWOOD WEDS.; Married in Paris to Count Erwin von Schonborn-Bucheim. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/10/25/archives/mrs-spotswood-weds-married-in-paris-to-count-erwin-von.html?searchResultPosition=2 |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 October 1911}}</ref> Kitty (who was also [[Americans|American]]) was a friend of [[Wallis Simpson]] and after [[Edward VIII]] [[Abdication|abdicated]] he traveled to Catherine and Eugène's Castle in [[Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn|Enzesfeld]] near Vienna.<ref name="1946Obit">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES The New York |title=KITTY ROTHSCHILD, WIFE OF BARON, 62; Noted Beauty, Once Toast of 2 Continents, Dies in Locust Valley--American by Birth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/10/10/archives/kitty-rothschild-wife-of-baron-62-noted-beauty-once-toast-of-2.html |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 October 1946}}</ref><ref>Roman Sandgruber ''Pretty Kitty und die Frauen der Rothschilds'', Molden-Verlag, Wien, 2023;p. 304 (germ.)</ref> Shortly after the beginning of [[World War II]], Catherine and Eugéne left for [[Long Island]] where Catherine later died in 1946.<ref name="1946Obit"/>
On 28 April 1925, after living together in [[Paris]] following her 1922 divorce, he married Countess Erwein von Schönborn-Buchheim ({{nee}} Catherine "Kitty" Wolf, formerly Mrs. Dandridge Spotswood, who married Count Erwein in 1911) (1885–1946),<ref name="1911Wedding">{{cite news |title=MRS. SPOTSWOOD WEDS.; Married in Paris to Count Erwin von Schonborn-Bucheim. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1911/10/25/archives/mrs-spotswood-weds-married-in-paris-to-count-erwin-von.html?searchResultPosition=2 |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=25 October 1911}}</ref> Kitty (who was also [[Americans|American]]) was a friend of [[Wallis Simpson]] and after [[Edward VIII]] [[Abdication|abdicated]] he traveled to Catherine and Eugène's Castle in [[Enzesfeld-Lindabrunn|Enzesfeld]] near Vienna.<ref name="1946Obit">{{cite news |last1=Times |first1=Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES The New York |title=KITTY ROTHSCHILD, WIFE OF BARON, 62; Noted Beauty, Once Toast of 2 Continents, Dies in Locust Valley--American by Birth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1946/10/10/archives/kitty-rothschild-wife-of-baron-62-noted-beauty-once-toast-of-2.html |access-date=15 August 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=10 October 1946}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Roman |last=Sandgruber |title=Pretty Kitty und die Frauen der Rothschilds |publisher=Molden-Verlag |location=Wien |year=2023 |page=304 |language=de |isbn=978-3-222-15100-2 }}</ref> Shortly after the beginning of [[World War II]], Catherine and Eugène left for [[Locust Valley, New York]] where Catherine later died in 1946.<ref name="1946Obit"/>


Eugène then remarried the actress [[Jeanne Stuart]] on 21 December 1952.<ref name="tree">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rothschildarchive.org/genealogy/|title=The Rothschild Archive Family Tree|website=The Rothschild Archive|publisher=The Rothschild Archive|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref> They both lived in [[New York City]] and Long Island but eventually left to live in [[Monte Carlo]] where he died in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://family.rothschildarchive.org/people/98-eugene-daniel-bun-von-rothschild-1884-1976|title=The Rothschild Archive Biography|website=The Rothschild Archive|publisher=The Rothschild Archive|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref>
Eugène then remarried the actress [[Jeanne Stuart]] on 21 December 1952.<ref name="tree">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rothschildarchive.org/genealogy/|title=The Rothschild Archive Family Tree|website=The Rothschild Archive|publisher=The Rothschild Archive|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref> They both lived in [[New York City]] and Long Island but eventually left to live in [[Monte Carlo]] where he died in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://family.rothschildarchive.org/people/98-eugene-daniel-bun-von-rothschild-1884-1976|title=The Rothschild Archive Biography|website=The Rothschild Archive|publisher=The Rothschild Archive|access-date=April 18, 2016}}</ref>
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