Noémie de Rothschild (née Halphen; June 29, 1888 – March 15, 1968) was a French philanthropist and property developer.
Noémie de Rothschild | |
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Born | Noémie Halphen 29 June 1888 Paris, France |
Died | 15 March 1968 Paris, France | (aged 79)
Occupation(s) | Philanthropist, developer |
Spouse | |
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
editNoémie 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
editRothschild 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
editShe 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Noémie de Rothschild". Stations de sports d'hiver. La Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
- ^ Coppier, Julien (2014). "Le tourisme en Savoie, construction d'une économie dans le temps long". In Bonin, Hubert; Bouvier, Yves; Varaschin, Denis (eds.). Histoire économique et sociale de la Savoie de 1860 à nos jours. Genève: Librarie Droz. pp. 457–482. ISBN 9782600018289. OCLC 903545560 – via Cairn.info.
- ^ Tixier, Maud (2010). "Comparaison de l'Usage d'Internet par les stations de ski internationales haut de gamme pour promouvoir leur positionnement et se différencier". Humanisme et Entreprise (in French). 5 (300): 17–36. doi:10.3917/hume.300.0017.