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Léon Lambert
Léon Lambert, 3rd Baron Lambert (2 July 1928 – 28 May 1987) was a Belgian banker and art collector. Single and without children, he devoted his whole life to his career which made him famous worldwide. When he died at the Erasmus hospital in Anderlecht on 28 May 1987, many press articles will recount the life of the man who, some would say, had "united high finance and the arts". Early life and family Léon Lambert, the eldest son of and Johanna von Reininghaus, came from a large family of Belgian bankers that spanned three generations. The family's banking history began with Samuel Lambert, Leon's great-grandfather, who, following the second marriage of his mother-in-law to Lazare Richtenberger, the Rothschild's representative in Brussels, had been introduced to the world of finance. Very quickly, he founded Banque Lambert, which would become the privileged representative of the Rothschilds in Belgium. His son Léon (1851-1919), who was nicknamed the "king's banker", conti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Well-born
Hochwohlgeboren (, "High Well-born"; la, magnificus) is an honorific and Style (manner of address), manner of address for members of the nobility in some parts of Europe. German This form of address originally had connections with the ability of a ''Freiherr'' (Baron) to bequeath a family coat of arms and to hold landed property as allodial instead of a fief. The actual address is ''Euer Hochwohlgeboren'' ("Your High Well-born") and is the correct form of address not only German ''Freiherren'' but also ''Ritter'' and ''Edler, Edle''. The title should not be confused with ''(Euer) Hochgeboren''. This title ranks higher than ''Hochwohlgeboren'' and is the style of mediate ''Grafen'' (''mediate Counts''; Imperial count, immediate counts or ''Reichsgrafen'' are entitled to the address ''Illustrious Highness, Erlaucht'') and those ''Freiherren'' descending from the mediæval ''Uradel''. Another honorific title was ''(Euer) Wohlgeboren'' which ranked lower than Hochwohlgeboren and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
