Frédéric Émile, Baron d'Erlanger (19 June 1832 – 22 May 1911) born as Friedrich Emil Erlanger, was a German-French banker and consul. He founded the French branch of the Erlanger banking businesses, Emile Erlanger & Co.

Biography

Frédéric Émile, Baron d'Erlanger was born to banker Baron Raphael von Erlanger and his young wife, Margarete Helene Albert (1800–1834). Raphael was the son of a Frankfurt currency broker, Löb Moses, later named ''Ludwig Moritz Erlanger'' (1780–1857). Raphael Erlanger had begun as a ''disponent'' in the Frankfurt business of the

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. In 1848, he founded his own bank, named ''Erlanger & Söhne'' (''Erlanger & Sons'') in 1865, and became a major competitor to the Rothschild banks in Frankfurt, Vienna and Paris. In 1859, Raphael Erlanger was made a Portuguese Baron by

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, he also was ennobled as ''von Erlanger'' by the Duke of

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in 1860, and elevated to the rank of a

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, together with his whole family, by Emperor

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in 1871. Just prior the birth of his oldest child Susanne Adolphine (1829–1873), Raphael Erlanger converted from Judaism to Christianity for his wife's sake. Susanne eventually married the Frankfurt merchant Franz Josef Carl Langenberger (1821–1878) who became a partner in the bank. As the eldest son, Friedrich Emil Erlanger became involved in extensive banking and bill transactions early in life. By age 19, he was so successful with his father in the brokerage business that he was appointed Consul General and fiscal agent at Paris by the Greek Government under

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. He visited the royal court in Stockholm and was involved in successful Swedish and Portuguese state financial negotiations. Ferdinand II of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, as a ruler for his son King Pedro of Portugal, ennobled his father Raphael as a hereditary Portuguese

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in order to thank Friedrich Emil, who would eventually inherit the title, for his services. Raphael was subsequently granted titles by the Duke of

and the

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, who named him a hereditary baron and awarded him the Grand Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph. In 1853, Frederick Emil fell ill and withdrew from business activities. In order to restore his health, he began to conduct travelers to

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and

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. Here he met the Suez Canal planner Lesseps and became fascinated by the idea of the Canal. After his recovery, he became a partner of his father's Frankfurt bank, Erlanger & Sons.

First marriage

On 30 June 1858, Friedrich Emil Erlanger married a young Parisian socialite, Florence Louise Odette Lafitte (1840–1931). Her grandfather,

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, was a banker, governor of the Bank of France, Finance Minister, and Prime Minister of France temporarily. In 1859, d'Erlanger officially took over the business of the banking house in Paris. He changed his name and was afterwards called Frédéric Émile Baron d'Erlanger. His marriage failed, however. The couple had no children and they divorced in December 1862.

Second marriage

On 3 October 1864, Baron d'Erlanger married the American Marguerite Mathilde Slidell (1842–1927), the daughter of the influential American lawyer, businessman and politician

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(1793–1871). Slidell was the Ambassador of the

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at the court of Emperor

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. His wife, Maria Mathilde Deslonde, was from an influential Creole family whose ancestors emigrated from

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, in the seventeenth century. D'Erlanger met his second wife in

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during a trip to America. She grew up on the prosperous plantation Belle Pointe in

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, 25 miles (40 km) west of New Orleans. Later, she moved with her family to Paris, where she and her sister received great attention because of their extraordinary beauty. Her sister Marie Rosine married the Comte de Saint-Roman. D'Erlanger and his wife built a villa situated in the affluent

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that still exists today. The access roads to the villa, "Villa Erlanger" and "Rue Erlanger", are named in his honor. In 1870, shortly before the outbreak of the

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, the family moved to

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. The headquarters of the banking house moved there from Paris as well. D'Erlanger resided at 139

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in London, the former home of

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. The

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-born baron and all his family members became British citizens. He was authorized to use his foreign titles of nobility, despite some strong opposition at first. The couple had four children. Raphael Slidell d'Erlanger (1865–1897) was a zoologist and professor at

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(1866–1939) later successfully took over the bank's management. Baron Frédéric Alfred d'Erlanger (1868–1943) became a banker, but later acquired acclaim as a composer. François

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(1872–1932) was a musicologist and painter whose palace, Ennejma Ezzahra in

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, now houses the ''Centre des Musiques Arabes et Méditerranéennes''. The latter's son Leo Frédéric Alfred Baron d'Erlanger (1898–1978) eventually became the head of the family-owned bank.

Career

Baron d'Erlanger was one of the leading bankers of

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, the dominant financial center of continental Europe in the second half of the 19th Century. He invented high-risk bonds, especially for developing countries. Towards the end of the 1850s, Erlanger was able to terminate a banking crisis in Sweden with his bonds; since he became banker of Scandinavian governments. In 1862 ''Erlanger & Sons'' issued the first Egyptian government bond, together with the Frankfurt bank ''Sulzbach brothers'', namely Siegmund Sulzbach de (1813–1876) and Rudolf Sulzbach de (1827–1904), with whom he also worked together on railroad bonds. He invested in railroads and mines in

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, North America, South America, and Europe, as well as Russian and Tunisian government bonds and Southern cotton during the American Civil War. Other than most German and European banks he bet on the southern states during the

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. In the late 1870s Erlanger invested in the British enterprise ''Alabama Great Southern Railway Company Limited'' which funded the takeover of Alabama Great Southern Railway and

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(CNO&TP). This railroad net, also known as the "Erlanger System", consisted of over 1,100 miles. He also financed the Swiss

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s between the

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and

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, then the largest railway tunnel in

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. In 1884 Erlanger accompanied the

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of the

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. In 1870 he saved the House of

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after the crash of Belgian speculator André Langrand-Dumonceau. ErlangerBaroness

Along with

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(1816–1899), the founder of

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news agency, his bank, Erlanger Ltd., funded the construction of a French transatlantic telegraph cable in 1869. His wife, Mathilde, Baroness d'Erlanger, sent the historic first message. In 1889, during an inspection tour of their American railroad investments, the couple created the d'Erlanger Grant for start-up capital to build a hospital in

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. It is known today as the Erlanger Health System.

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was named to honor the d'Erlangers' financial contributions. In 1904 however, the Erlangers sold their Frankfurt branch to

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and concentrated on their French and British branches. The main reason may have been the earlier deaths of Ludwig Gottlieb Friedrich von Erlanger (1836–1898), Viktor Alexander von Erlanger (1840–1896) and Carlo von Erlanger (1872–1904). Yet competition by big trading banks may have contributed, just as relocation of banks to Berlin and stricter stock exchange legislation.

Culture

As music lovers and influential members of the haute bourgeoisie who had personal relationships with the leaders of many countries, they promoted

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and his music, including the first performance of ''

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'' at the

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after the Franco-Prussian War. D'Erlanger also donated several art works, including the seventeenth-century allegorical tapestries depicting the

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to the

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Palace of the British crown. The d'Erlangers also funded the rescue of the murals from the Quinta del Sordo in 1873. This house, which they bought, was temporarily residence of

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. Goya's '' Pinturas Negras'' were costly to save from destruction. These "

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" that Goya painted directly on plaster, were gently transferred to canvas. After their lack of public acceptance at the Paris Exposition of 1878, these works were given to the

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two years later. In 1866, Baron d'Erlanger and M. Armand Lalande purchased

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in Bordeaux for one million Francs and ran it successfully until the 1890s. In Italy, the d'Erlangers leased

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, the famous mansion built in the seventeenth century by

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, and commissioned restoration work. Frédéric Emile, Baron d'Erlanger died in

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on 22 May 1911. His second son,

, had previously succeeded him in the management of the bank.

Erlanger family tree

* Löb Moses, later Ludwig Moritz Erlanger (1780–1857), currency broker in

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** Raphael Erlanger (1806–1878), created in 1859 ''

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d'Erlanger'' by

and in 1871 ''

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von Erlanger'' by

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****Raphael Slidell Baron d'Erlanger (1865–1897), zoologist **** Emile Beaumont Baron d'Erlanger (1866–1939), banker, musician ⚭ Catherine Robert d'Aqueria de Rochegude ***** Robert (called Robin) Emile Frédéric Regis Baron d'Erlanger (1896–1934), partner of ''Erlanger Ltd.'' ⚭ Myrle Farquharson of Invercauld ****** Zoe Caroline Georgia Baroness d'Erlanger (b. 1930) ⚭ Paul Cater Hyde-Thompson ***** Liliane Mary Mathilde (Baba) Baroness d'Erlanger (1901–1945) ⚭ Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge ***** Gérard John Leo Regis Baron d'Erlanger (1905–1962), partner of ''Erlanger Ltd.'' and ''Myers & Co.'' ⚭ Gladys Sammut ****** Robin Gérard Baron d'Erlanger ⚭ 1969 Mary Elizabeth Josephine Pellew (b. 1947), daughter of Pownoll Irving Edward Pellew, 9th

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****** Penny Baroness d'Erlanger ****** Mary Caroline „Minnie" Baroness d'Erlanger ⚭

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, grandson of Sir Winston Churchill ***** Bianca Baroness d'Erlanger **** Frédéric Alfred Baron d'Erlanger (Freddy, 1868–1943), banker and composer **** Rodolphe François Baron d'Erlanger (1872–1932), French painter, orientalist and musicologist specializing in Arabic music, built Ennejma Ezzahra Palace near Tunis ⚭ Maria Elisabetta Contessa Barbiellini-Amidei ***** Leo Frédéric Alfred Baron d'Erlanger (1898–1978), banker in London (Erlanger Ltd.), sold the bank in 1958 to ''Hill, Samuel & Co'', then ''Philip Hill Higginson Erlanger Ltd.'' ⚭ Edwina Prue ******Tess Edwina May Baroness d'Erlanger (1934–2008) ******Rodolphe Frédéric Baron d'Erlanger (1945–2000) ⚭ II) 1982 Lady Caroline Mary Cholmondeley, daughter of George Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley ******* Leo Frédéric Hugh d'Erlanger (b. 1983) ******* Joshua Robert David d'Erlanger (b. 1987) *** Wilhelm Hermann Carl von Erlanger (1835–1909), from 1872 baron, justiciar with ''Erlanger & Sons'', Frankfurt ⚭ Caroline von Bernus, daughter of senator Franz von Bernus **** Franz Emil Alexander Baron von Erlanger († 1918) ⚭ Christina Grottero **** Carlo Baron von Erlanger (1872–1904), ornithologist and explorer in Africa *** Ludwig Gottlieb Friedrich Baron von Erlanger (1836–1898), partner of ''Erlanger & Sons'' in Vienna and Frankfurt, sold the bank to

in 1904 ⚭ Mathilde Gabriele Alexander (opera singer as ''Mathilde Sessi'') ****Espérance Baroness von Erlanger, ⚭ Prince Alexander of

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, pioneer of balloon flights, 1905 Austrian member of the

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****Blanche Baroness von Erlanger ****Margarethe Baroness von Erlanger *** Viktor Alexander Baron von Erlanger (1840–1894), banker in Vienna and London, partner of ''Erlanger & Sons'' (sold in 1904) ⚭ Henriette von Bognar **** Ludwig Baron von Erlanger (b. 1862) **** Adolfine Baroness von Erlanger (b. 1863) ⚭ Count Alfred of Salm-Hoogstraeten **** Ida Helene Baroness von Erlanger (b. 1865) ⚭ Count Otto of Salm-Hoogstraeten ****Victor Raphael Matheo Baron von Erlanger (b. 1867) ** Marx Erlanger, later Christian Wilhelm Maximilian Erlanger,

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in Frankfurt

References

External links

Photo of Kate daughter in law of Frédéric Emile Baron d'Erlanger

* ttps://www.flickr.com/photos/t_abdelmoumen/2639757699/sizes/l/ Portrait of Maria Elisabetha Cleopha Scholastica daughter in law of Frédéric Emile Baron d'Erlanger
Portrait Marie Rosine d'Erlanger de St. Roman daughter of Frédéric Emile Baron d'Erlanger and wife Mathilde

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