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Ignace von Ephrussi

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Ignace von Ephrussi
Ignace von Ephrussi in 1871
Born1829
Died1899
OccupationBanker
TitleBaron
SpouseEmily Porges
Children2 sons (including Viktor von Ephrussi), 1 daughter
Parent(s)Charles Joachim Ephrussi
Belle Levensohn
RelativesMichel Ephrussi (half-brother)
Maurice Ephrussi (half-brother)
Edmund de Waal (great-great-grandson)

Baron Ignace von Ephrussi (1829–1899) was a Russian-born Austrian banker and diplomat. He was the head of Ephrussi & Co. in Vienna, Austria.

Early life

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Ignace von Ephrussi was born in 1829 in Berdychiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine).[1] His father was Charles Joachim Ephrussi and his mother, Belle Levensohn.[1] He had a brother, Leon Ephrussi.[1] Their mother died in 1841.[1] After his father married his second wife, Henriette Halperson.[1] He had two half-brothers, Michel Ephrussi and Maurice Ephrussi, and two half-sisters, Therese (who married Leon Fould) and Marie (who married Guy de Percin).[1]

Career

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Ephrussi was the head of Ephrussi & Co., his family bank, in Vienna, Austria.[1] He was "the second-richest banker in Vienna."[2]

Ephurris was ennobled by the Emperor of Austria, Franz Joseph I, and he held the title of Baron.[2] He served as Honorary Consul to the King of Sweden and Norway.[2] He was a Knight of the Order of St. Olav.[2]

Personal life

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Ephrussi married Emily Porges.[1] They had two sons and a daughter.[1] They resided at the Palais Ephrussi, built for them and completed in 1869.[3]

Death and legacy

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Ephrussi died in 1899 in Vienna, Austria.[1] His great-great-grandson, Edmund de Waal, is a British ceramicist and the author of The Hare with the Amber Eyes, a 2010 memoir about his family, including Ignace.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j de Waal, Edmund (2010). The Hare with the Amber Eyes. London, UK: Chatto & Windus. ISBN 9780374105976.
  2. ^ a b c d e de Waal, Edmund (2010). The Hare with the Amber Eyes. London, UK: Chatto & Windus. pp. 121–122. ISBN 9780374105976.
  3. ^ Bedoire, Fredric; Tanner, Robert (2004). The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture, 1830-1930. Jersey City, New Jersey: KTAV Publishing House. p. 316. ISBN 0881258083. OCLC 56194321.