Marguerite Fould, wife of Edgard Stern, painted in 1889.
Noémie de Rothschild, née Halphen, in 1909

The Fould family is a family of French Jewish descent known for success in banking.[1] It was founded by Beer Léon Fould, a wine-dealer's son from Lorraine, who moved to Paris in 1784 to establish a banking business.[2][3] The name comes from the Hessian city of Fulda.

Family tree

  • Jacob Fould (1736–1830), wine dealer
    • Beer Léon Fould (1767–1855), banker, married to Charlotte Brulhen (1766–1818)
      • Rose Fould Furtado (1791-1870), married to Élie Furtado, the son of the rabbi of Bayonne and the nephew of Abraham Furtado
      • Benoît Fould (1792–1858), banker and art collector, married to Helena Oppenheim, daughter of Salomon Oppenheim (1772–1828), banker
      • Louis Fould (1794–1858), banker, married to Adèle Brull (1809–1839)
        • Édouard Fould (1834–1881), politician, mayor of Lurcy-Lévis
      • Achille Fould (1800–1867), banker and statesman, married to Henriette Goldschmidt
        • Adolphe-Ernest Fould (1824–1875), banker and politician
          • Charles Armand Achille-Fould (1861–1926), politician, conseiller général des Hautes-Pyrénées, married to Marie-Louise Heine, daughter of Armand Heine (1818–1883), banker
            • Armand Achille-Fould (1890–1969), politician
              • Aymar Achille-Fould (1925–1986), politician
                • Régine Achille-Fould (1948–), film director
        • Gustave-Eugène Fould (1836–1884), banker and politician, married to Valérie Simonin (1831–1919), actress, novelist and sculptor ; she later marries Prince George Ştirbey of Wallachia (1828-1925) who adopts her daughters by Fould :
    • Abraham Fould (1774–1842)
      • Emile Fould (1803–1880), notary
        • Paul Fould (1837–1917), married to Eve Mathilde de Günzburg (1844–1894), daughter of Joseph Günzburg (1812–1878), banker
        • Juliette Fould (1839–1912), married to Eugène Péreire (1831–1908), financier
          • Alice Pereire (1858–1931), married to Salomon Halfon (1854–1923, son of Michael Halfon and Rebecca de Camondo), banker
          • Marie Pereire (1860–1936), married to Jules Halphen (1856–1928), son of Eugène Halphen
        • Alphonse Fould (1850–1913), married to Ernestine DuPont
          • Hélène Fould (1878–1927), married to Paul Helbronner (1871–1938), topographer
      • Eugène Fould (1806–?)

References

  1. Barbier, Frédéric (1991). Finance et Politique : La Dynastie des Fould : XVIIIe-XXe siècle (in French). Paris: A. Colin. ISBN 0220037531.
  2. Barbier, Frédéric (1989). "Les origines de la maison Fould : Beer Léon et Bénédict Fould (vers 1740–1864)". Revue Historique. 281 (569): 159–192. JSTOR 40954842.
  3. Smith, Michael Stephen (2006). The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France: 1800–1930. Harvard University Press. p. 52. ISBN 0674019393.
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