Baron Eugène Daniel von Rothschild (6 March 1884 – 25 April 1976) was a member of the notable

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. He was part of the 5th generation of Rothschild (measured from Mayer Amschel) and his parents were Salomon and Bettina Rothschild. He was descended from the Austrian branch of the family.

Early life

Rothschild was born on 6 March 1884. He was a younger son of Albert Salomon von Rothschild and Bettina Caroline de Rothschild.

Career

He served in the

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in the Austrian Imperial Army but after the war was less need for soldiers and thus he retired.

Personal life

On 28 April 1925, after living together in

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following her 1922 divorce, he married Countess Erwein von Schönborn-Buchheim ( Catherine "Kitty" Wolf, formerly Mrs. Dandridge Spotswood, who married Count Erwein in 1911) (1885–1946), Kitty (who was also American) was a friend of Wallis Simpson and after

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abdicated he traveled to Catherine and Eugène's Castle in Enzesfeld near Vienna. Shortly after the beginning of

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, Catherine and Eugéne left for

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where Catherine later died in 1946. Eugène then remarried the actress Jeanne Stuart on 21 December 1952. They both lived in

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and Long Island but eventually left to live in

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where he died in 1976.

References

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