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Édouard Dreyfus Gonzalez
Édouard Vincent Joseph Dreyfus González de Orbegoso, 4th count of Premio Real (1876–1941) was a French Catholic businessman of Jewish descent, a lawyer, painter and writer, who was also an amateur composer under the pseudonym of Jean Dora. Édouard's grandfather Édouard Dreyfus (1788–1866) was a Jewish shopkeeper in Wissembourg, who moved to Paris. His father, Auguste Dreyfus (1827–1897) had ventured to Peru where he became rich from trading in guano and converted to Catholicism. He married twice, his first wife died in Peru, the second time, again in Peru, he married Luisa María González de Orbegoso, Marquise of Villa Hermosa, who was the mother of Édouard. Édouard graduated as Bachelor of Law (1897), Bachelor of Maritime Law (1897), then Doctor of Law (1903). He married on 16 March 1907, Anne-Hélène de Talleyrand-Périgrod (1877–1945) and had a son, Luis María Archibaldo, who never officially received the title of Count of Premio Real. Paintings * ''Young Japa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wissembourg
Wissembourg (; South Franconian: ''Weisseburch'' ; German: ''Weißenburg'' ) is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Grand Est in northeastern France. It is situated on the little river Lauter close to the border between France and Germany approximately north of Strasbourg and west of Karlsruhe. Wissembourg was a sub-prefecture of the department until 2015. The name ''Wissembourg'' is a Gallicized version of ''Weißenburg (Weissenburg)'' in German meaning "white castle". The Latin place-name, sometimes used in ecclesiastical sources, is ''Sebusium''. The town was annexed by France after 1648 but then incorporated into Germany in 1871. It was returned to France in 1919, but reincorporated back into Germany in 1940. After 1944 it again became French. History Weissenburg (later Wissembourg) Abbey, the Benedictine abbey around which the town has grown, was founded in the 7th century, perhaps under the patronage of Dagobert I. The abbey was supported by vast territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
