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Pourtalès Collection
Pourtalès or de Pourtalès may refer to: People * Arthur de Pourtalès, Comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier (1844–1928), Swiss-French diplomat * Bernard de Pourtalès (Bernard Alexandre George Edmond de Pourtalès, 1870–1935), Swiss infantry captain and sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics * Friedrich von Pourtalès (1853–1928), German diplomat who served as Ambassador to the Russian Empire * Guy de Pourtalès (1881–1941), Swiss author * Hélène de Pourtalès (born Helen Barbey, 1868–1945), American-born sailor who competed for Switzerland in the 1900 Summer Olympics * Hermann de Pourtalès (Hermann Alexander de Pourtalès, 1847–1904), Swiss sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics * James-Alexandre de Pourtalès, Comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier (1776–1855), Swiss-French banker, diplomat, and art collector * Jean de Pourtales (born 1965), French racing driver * Louis François de Pourtalès (1824–1880), American naturalist * Mélanie de Pourtalès Méla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur De Pourtalès
Arthur de Pourtalès, Count de Pourtalès-Gorgier (31 August 1844 – 1928) was a Swiss-French diplomat. Early life Pourtalès was born in Gorgier in the Canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland on 31 August 1844. He was a son of Anne Marie, Countess d'Escherny (1820–1901) and Henri, Count de Pourtalès-Gorgier (1815–1876), the last Lord of Gorgier. Among his siblings were sisters Marie de Pourtalès (who became a Countess of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, Charité de Saint-Vincent de Paul), Émilie de Pourtalès (the wife of Baron Étienne Renouard de Bussière), and Louise de Pourtalès (wife of Count Raymond Charles de Geoffre de Chabrignac). His paternal grandparents were the former Anne Henriette de Palézieux-Falconnet (niece of U.S. Senator William Hunter (senator), William Hunter) and James-Alexandre de Pourtalès, a Swiss-French banker, diplomat and art collector who built the Hôtel de Pourtalès, Pourtalès mansion and served as Chamberlain (office), ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard De Pourtalès
Bernard Alexandre George Edmond de Pourtalès (5 June 1870 – 5 July 1935) was a Switzerland, Swiss infantry Captain (land and air), captain and sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. In 1900 he was a member of the Swiss boat ''Lérina'', which won the gold medal in the first race and silver medal in the second race of the 1 to 2 ton class. He also participated in the open class, but did not finish. His uncle Hermann de Pourtalès, Hermann and uncle's wife Hélène de Pourtalès, Hélène were also crew members. He was born in Bellevue, Switzerland, and died in Casablanca, French Morocco. Further reading * * References External links * 1870 births 1935 deaths Swiss male sailors (sport) Sailors at the 1900 Summer Olympics – 1 to 2 ton Olympic sailors for Switzerland Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Pourtalès family Olympic medalists in sailing Sportspeople from the cant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friedrich Von Pourtalès
Jakob Ludwig ''Friedrich'' Wilhelm Joachim de Pourtalès (24 October 1853 – 3 May 1928) was a German aristocrat and diplomat who served as the List of ambassadors of Germany to Russia, Ambassador to the Russian Empire in Saint Petersburg from 1907 to 1914. Early life Graf de Pourtalès was born on 24 October 1853. He was a son of Wilhelm von Pourtalès (1815–1889) and Charlotte Luise Auguste Gräfin von Maltzan zu Wartenberg und Penzlin. His father spent a number of years in Venice creating a collection of Renaissance sculpture, which included works by Jacopo Sansovino and Andrea Riccio, and paintings by old Italian masters. His siblings included Louise de Pourtalès (who died aged 29 in 1879), Johanna Albertine Antoinette de Pourtalès (wife of Bernard von Jagow-Calberwisch) and Rosa Margarete Guillemette Mathilde Auguste von Pourtalès (wife of Moritz von Hohenthal). Among his extended family were uncles Count Guillaume von Pourtalès and Count Albert von Pourtalès (a me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy De Pourtalès
Guy de Pourtalès (4 August 1881 Berlin – 12 June 1941 Lausanne) was a Swiss author. Early life and education He was the son of Hermann de Pourtalès, Herman Alexander de Pourtalès (1847–1904) and his first wife, Marguerite "Daisy" Marcet (1857–1888). Guy was born in Berlin, where his father at that time was an officer in the service of the Prussian king Wilhelm I of Germany, Wilhelm I. When he was six years old, the family returned to Switzerland, where they lived first at Malagny near Versoix in the Canton of Geneva and then, after his father's second marriage (with Hélène de Pourtalès, Hélène Barbey) in 1891, at Mies, Switzerland, Mies in the Canton de Vaud. Guy de Pourtalès went to schools in Geneva and in Vevey and then to the Gymnasium (school), gymnasium in Neuchâtel. After his matura in 1899, he studied in Germany. In Karlsruhe, he began to study Chemistry, which he abandoned soon in favor of musical studies, which he continued from 1902 to 1905 at the Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hélène De Pourtalès
Countess Hélène de Pourtalès (April 28, 1868 – November 2, 1945), born Helen Barbey, was an American-born sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics representing Switzerland and became the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal. She was also the first woman to represent Switzerland at the Olympics. Early life Helen Barbey was born on April 28, 1868, in New York City, the daughter of Henry Isaac Barbey and Mary (née Lorillard) Barbey. Her maternal grandparents were Pierre Lorillard III and Catherine Anne ( Griswold) Lorillard. Her sister Eva was married to André Poupart, Baron de Neuflize in 1903, the older brother of Roberte Ponsonby, Countess of Bessborough. Her father, a financier and a director of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway, was a nephew of Adrian Georg Iselin and cousin of Charles Oliver Iselin. Her family included her uncle Pierre Lorillard IV; aunt Catherine Lorillard; uncle George Lyndes Lorillard, who married Marie Louise La Farge, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermann De Pourtalès
Count Hermann Alexander de Pourtalès (31 March 1847 – 28 November 1904) was a Swiss sailor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Early life Pourtalès was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland on 31 March 1847. He was a son of Count Alexandre Joseph de Pourtalès (1810–1833) and the former Auguste Saladin (1815–1885). His sister, Isabelle Marguerite de Pourtales, was the wife of archaeologist Henri Édouard Naville, a prominent Egyptologist who found a statue of Ramesses II at Bubastis. His paternal grandparents were Louis de Pourtalès (a brother of James-Alexandre de Pourtalès and Frédéric de Pourtalès, grandfather of Friedrich von Pourtalès) and Sophie de Guy d'Audanger. His nephew was Bernard de Pourtalès. The Pourtalès family were French Huguenots who settled in Neuchâtel following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. His maternal grandfather was Antoine Charles Guillaume Saladin. Career Pourtalès was a captain of the Cuirassiers of the Guard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James-Alexandre De Pourtalès
James-Alexandre de Pourtalès, Comte de Pourtalès-Gorgier (28 November 1776 – 24 March 1855) was a Swiss-French banker, diplomat and art collector. Early life The Count de Pourtalès was born in Neuchâtel, then in the Principality of Neuchâtel under Prussian rule, into a large family of Protestant financiers on 28 November 1776. He was the son of Countess Rose Augustine Marie de Luze (1751–1791) and Jacques-Louis de Pourtalès (1722–1814), a banker in Naples who amassed a fortune in commerce and was made a count by King Frederick William II. Among his siblings were Louis de Pourtalès (husband of Sophie d'Audanger) and Frédéric de Pourtalès (husband of Marie Louise de Castellane and grandfather of Friedrich von Pourtalès). His paternal grandparents were Jérémie de Pourtalès and Marguerite de Luze (who was the younger sister of his maternal great-grandfather). The Pourtalès family were French Huguenots who settled in Neuchâtel following the revocation of the Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De Pourtales
Jean de Pourtales (born 19 August 1965) is a French racing driver from Neuilly-sur-Seine. Before his motorsport career, de Pourtales was a member of the British junior alpine ski team, and attended the junior world ski championships. However, an accident unfortunately cut short his skiing career. De Pourtales began his career in British Formula Vauxhall Junior in 1995 and moved to British Formula Renault in 1998 and finished 10th. He competed in Euro Formula 3000 part-time in 1999 and from 2001 to 2004 with his best season finish being 17th in 2003. Since then he has participated part-time in the Le Mans Series LMP2 class and the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Kruse Schiller Motorsport. Handicap Jean de Pourtales is a rarity in motorsport, as he competes with an artificial limb. A road accident in his twenties resulted in the loss of his left hand and forearm and has since raced with a special steering wheel that attaches to a prosthetic arm enabling him to compete just like his rivals. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis François De Pourtalès
Louis François de Pourtalès (4 March 1824 – 18 July 1880) was a France, Franco-United States, American naturalist, born at Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Early life and education Pourtales was born on 4 March 1824 and regarded as a Switzerland, Swiss representative of an old family with linage in France, Prussia, and Bohemia. After the death of his father, he succeeded to the title of Count and inherited a fortune that enabled his scientific pursuits. He was educated as an engineer. He was regarded as an expert in mathematics, physics and zoology, and had interest in literature, poetry and history. Death Pourtales died on 18 July 1880 from an unspecified "obscure internal disease". Career Pourtales was a pupil of Louis Agassiz, whom he accompanied in 1840 on Glacier, glacial expeditions in the Alps and, in 1847, followed Agassiz to immigrate into the United States. In 1848, he entered government service with the U.S. National Geodetic Survey, Coast Survey and became profoundly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mélanie De Pourtalès
Mélanie de Pourtalès, Countess Edmond de Pourtalès (''née'' Louise Sophie Mélanie Renouard de Bussière) (26 March 1836 – 5 May 1914) was a French ''salonnière'' and courtier. Early life She was born on 26 March 1836 at the Château de Robertsau in Strasbourg, to the former Sophie Mélanie de Coehoorn (1802–1880), and Baron Alfred Renouard de Bussière (1804–1887), who was from a wealthy Strasbourg industrial family. He was director of the Royal Mint of Strasbourg from 1834 to 1860, before being appointed head of the Monnaie de Paris, Royal Mint of Paris. Her paternal grandparents were :fr:Athanase Paul Renouard de Bussierre, Athanase Paul Renouard, Vicomte de Bussière and the former Friederike Wilhelmine von Franck. Her uncle was Léon Renouard de Bussierre. Her maternal grandparents were Louis Jacques, Baron de Coehoorn and the former Marie Margarethe Sophie von Beyer. Courtier She was introduced to the French imperial court by the Austrian ambassador, Richard von ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château De Pourtalès
Château de Pourtalès (or Château de Robertsau) is a château situated in the Robertsau district of Strasbourg, France. It's dated to the 18th century and named after the Pourtalès family. History The Château de Pourtalès was built around 1750 as a small country house, manor house in the Robertsau neighborhood by Joseph Guérault, then contractor of the works of the king in charge of the construction of the fortifications of Strasbourg. In 1802, Baron Paul-Athanase Renouard de Bussierre, who was from a wealthy industrial family from Strasbourg, bought the house and expanded the manor into a gracious Château. Between 1870 and 1914, the château was the residence of Comtesse Mélanie de Pourtalès (''née'' de Bussière) and her husband, Count Edmond de Pourtalès (a son of the Swiss banker and art collector, Count James-Alexandre de Pourtalès). Comtesse Mélanie, a renowned French salonnière and Lady-in-waiting to Empress Eugénie de Montijo, Eugénie, was the only survivin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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