Fould family

The Fould family is a family of French Jewish descent known for success in banking.^[1] It was founded by Beer Léon Fould, a wine-dealer's son from Lorraine, who moved to Paris in 1784 to establish a banking business.^[2][3] The name comes from the Hessian city of Fulda.

Marguerite Fould, wife of Edgard Stern [fr], painted in 1889.

Noémie de Rothschild, née Halphen, in 1909

Helena Bonham Carter in 2011

Family tree

• Jacob Fould (1736–1830), wine dealer
  • Beer Léon Fould (1767–1855), banker, married to Charlotte Brulhen (1766–1818)
    • Rose Fould Furtado (1791-1870), married to Élie Furtado, the son of the rabbi of Bayonne and the nephew of Abraham Furtado
      • Cécile Charlotte Furtado-Heine (1821-1896), philanthropist and wife of Frankfurt banker Charles Heine
    • Benoît Fould (1792–1858), banker and art collector, married to Helena Oppenheim, daughter of Salomon Oppenheim (1772–1828), banker
    • Louis Fould (1794–1858), banker, married to Adèle Brull (1809–1839)
      • Édouard Fould (1834–1881), politician, mayor of Lurcy-Lévis
    • Achille Fould (1800–1867), banker and French minister of finance
      • Adolphe-Ernest Fould (1824–1875), banker and politician
        • Charles Armand Achille-Fould (1861–1926), politician, conseiller général des Hautes-Pyrénées, married to Marie-Louise Heine [fr], daughter of Armand Heine (1818–1883), banker
          • Armand Achille-Fould [fr] (1890–1969), politician
            • Aymar Achille-Fould [fr] (1925–1986), politician
              • Régine Achille-Fould (1948–), film director
      • Gustave-Eugène Fould (1836–1884), banker and politician, married to Valérie Simonin (1831–1919), actress, novelist and sculptor ; she later marries prince George Ştirbey of Wallachia (1828-1925) who adopts her daughters by Fould :
        • Consuelo Fould (1862–1927), painter
        • Georges Achille-Fould (1868–1951), painter
  • Abraham Fould (1774–1842)
    • Emile Fould (1803–1880), notary
      • Paul Fould (1837–1917), married to Eve Mathilde de Günzburg (1844–1894), daughter of Joseph Günzburg (1812–1878), banker
      • Juliette Fould (1839–1912), married to Eugène Péreire (1831–1908), financier
        • Alice Pereire (1858–1931), married to Salomon Halfon (1854–1923, son of Michael Halfon and Rebecca de Camondo), banker
        • Marie Pereire (1860–1936), married to Jules Halphen (1856–1928), son of Eugène Halphen
          • Henri Isaac Halphen (1886–1962), married to Violet Crosbie (1890–?)
          • Noémie Halphen (1888–1968), married to Maurice de Rothschild (1881–1957)
      • Alphonse Fould (1850–1913), married to Ernestine DuPont
        • Hélène Fould (1878–1927), married to Paul Helbronner (1871–1938), topographer
    • Eugène Fould (1806–?)
      • Henri Jules Fould (1837–1895), married to Suzette Stern (1845–)
        • Marguerite Fould (1866–1956), wife of Edgard Stern [fr] (1854–1936)
          • See Stern family
      • Léon Fould (1839–1924), married to Thérèse Ephrussi (1851–1911), sister of Maurice Ephrussi (1849–1916), banker
        • Eugène Fould-Springer (1876–1929), married to Marie-Cecile Springer, daughter of Baron Gustav Springer, industrial magnate
          • Hélène Fould-Springer (1907–1997), married to Eduardo Propper de Callejón (1895–1972), Spanish diplomat
            • Elena Propper de Callejón (1943–), married to Raymond Bonham Carter (1929–2004), British banker
              • Edward Henry Bonham Carter (1960—), financier
              • Helena Bonham Carter (1966–), actress
          • Therese Fould-Springer (1914—1953), married to Alan Payan Pryce-Jones (1908—2000), British author and politician
            • David Pryce-Jones (1936–), author
          • Liliane Fould-Springer (1916–2003), married to Élie de Rothschild (1917–2007), banker and vineyard owner

References

1. Barbier, Frédéric (1991). Finance et Politique : La Dynastie des Fould : XVIIIe-XXe siècle (in French). Paris: A. Colin. ISBN 0220037531.
2. Barbier, Frédéric (1989). "Les origines de la maison Fould : Beer Léon et Bénédict Fould (vers 1740–1864)". Revue Historique. 281 (569): 159–192. JSTOR 40954842.
3. Smith, Michael Stephen (2006). The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France: 1800–1930. Harvard University Press. p. 52. ISBN 0674019393.

External links

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