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Leopold Julian Kronenberg (27 July 1849, in

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– 23 February 1937, in Warsaw) was a

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banker.

Biography

Kronenberg was born the son of banker and railroad tycoon Leopold Stanisław Kronenberg (1812–1878) and his wife Ernestyną Rozalią Leo (1827-1893). Both parents came from Jewish families which had converted to Protestantism—the Kronenbergs, to

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. Leopold Julian Kronenberg's five siblings were banker Stanisław Leopold, composer Władysław Edward, Tekla Julia, Marię Różę, and Różę Marię Karolinę. After graduating from '' gymnasium'', he studied law, then took up the study of agriculture at

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and Poppelsdorf. While his father was still active, Kronenberg managed the

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branch of the Warsaw Commercial Bank. In 1887, however, he was obliged to resign, on account of his brother's illness, in order to look after the management of the railway lines in which the latter was interested and of the Commercial Bank of Warsaw. Kronenberg took an active interest in various useful public institutions. He was president of the Society for the Mutual Help of Musical Artists, a working member of the Polytechnical Committee in Warsaw, etc. In recognition of his distinguished services in connection with great commercial undertakings, he was made a hereditary baron of the Russian empire in 1893. Valuable musical compositions by Kronenberg have been published under the pseudonym "Wiejesky". Married to famous soprano

Józefina Reszke Joséphine de Reszke, in Polish Józefina Reszke (4 June 1855 – 22 February 1891) was a Polish operatic soprano. She and her brothers Jean and Édouard de Reszke learned to sing from their mother Emilja. Josephine also had lessons with Mme. N ...

(1855–91), he had two children: Baron (1891–1971) and Baroness (1889–1969) the last of her family. Shortly before his death, Leopold Kronenberg converted to Catholicism so that he could be buried next to his wife in the family vault at Warsaw's Powązki Cemetery.

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1849 births 1937 deaths Businesspeople from Warsaw People from Warsaw Governorate Barons of Poland Polish Roman Catholics Converts to Roman Catholicism from Calvinism Polish people of Jewish descent Members of the State Council (Russian Empire) Polish bankers Burials at Powązki Cemetery Barons of the Russian Empire {{Poland-business-bio-stub

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