Aline Caroline de Rothschild, Lady Sassoon (21 October 1867 – 28 July 1909) was a French

socialite A socialite is a person from a wealthy and (possibly) aristocratic background, who is prominent in high society. A socialite generally spends a significant amount of time attending various fashionable social gatherings, instead of having traditio ...

and daughter of Cécile Anspach and Baron Gustave de Rothschild of the

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. She was born in Paris, where her parents had a house on Avenue Marigny. In 1887, aged 19, she married

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(later Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Bt.) (1856–1912). They had two children: * Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt. (1888–1939) * Sybil Rachel Bettie Cécile, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (1894–1989) Her great-great-grandson is actor

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English socialites Aline Caroline de Rothschild Aline Caroline de Rothschild 19th-century French Jews 1867 births 1909 deaths Wives of baronets {{France-noble-stub

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