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Oppenheim family

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The Oppenheim family is a German Jewish banking family which founded what was Europe's biggest private bank, Sal. Oppenheim.

History of the family and raising to nobility

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Salomon Oppenheim founded the banking firm Sal. Oppenheim in the late 18th century. Until its sale in 2009, Sal. Oppenheim was the largest privately owned investment/banking house in Europe, with assets of €348 billion.[1][2]

The Oppenheim family also co-founded the German Colonia-Versicherung and sold their majority stake for 3 billion DM in 1989.[3] 820 million DM were used to increase the equity of the bank, while the rest (over 2 billion DM) was paid out to the family.[4]

In 1867, the family received nobility in Austria with the title of Baron and a year later, in 1868 they were admitted to nobility of Prussia, also with the title of Freiherr.

Genealogy

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  • Hertz Salomon Oppenheim, Bonn's court factor and purveyor ⚭ Helene Seligmann
    • Salomon Oppenheim junior (1772–1828), founder of the Bank Oppenheim, ⚭ Therese Stein (Deigen Levi) (1775–1842), partner of the bank since 1828
      • Charlotte Oppenheim (1802–1836), married to Adolphe Ratisbonne (1801–1861) of the Ratisbonne banking family [fr]
      • Simon von Oppenheim (1803–1880), partner of the bank since 1828, ennobled in Austria in 1867, ⚭ Henriette Obermayer (1812–1885)
        • Eduard Oppenheim [de] (1831–1909), Protestant since 1859, partner of the bank 1880–1904, ⚭ Amalie Heuser (1835–1903)
          • Ada von Oppenheim (1862–1944), ⚭ Graf Gisbert von Bredow (1859–1924)
            • Wolf Ferdinand Alfred Georg von Bredow (1934–1952)
              • Wolf Graf von Bredow
          • Emmy von Oppenheim (1869–1957) ⚭ Maximilian Graf von Arco-Valley (1849–1911)
          • Victoria von Oppenheim (1871-1954) ⚭ Alexander von Frankenberg und Ludwigsdorf (1820-1890)
          • Simon von Oppenheim (1864–1932), partner of the bank sice 1893, ⚭ Florence Mathews Hutchins (1868–1935)
            • Eberhard (1890–1962), partner of the bank 1922–1932, ⚭ 1) Anneliese Oetker (1904–1989), divorced in 1929; ⚭ 2) Helene Gräfin von Hardenberg (1910–1996)
              • Manfred (1924–1996), partner of the bank 1956–1993, ⚭ Carla Siempelkamp (born 1926)
                • Nicolaus von Oppenheim (born 1956)
                  • Laura von Oppenheim
                  • Franziska von Oppenheim
                  • Theresa von Oppenheim (born 1995)
            • Waldemar von Oppenheim (1894–1952), partner of the bank 1922–1952, ⚭ Gabriele Goldschmidt (1902–1988)
              • Karin von Oppenheim (1922–2009), Georg von Ullmann (1922–1972), partner of the bank 1954–1972
                • Georg von Ullmann (born 1953) ⚭ Corinna van Meeteren
                  • Leon von Ullmann
                  • Béla von Ullmann
                  • Philip von Ullmann
                • Ilona von Ullmann (born 1953) ⚭ Matthias Graf von Krockow [de] (born 1949)
                  • Caroline Gräfin von Krockow
            • Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim (1900–1978), partner of the bank 1929–1978 ⚭ Ruth Freiin von Zedlitz und Leipe (1908–1988)
              • Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim (1934–2005), partner of the bank 1964–1993, ⚭ Jeanne Wahl (born 1941)
                • Victoria von Oppenheim ⚭ Aurel Scheibler
                  • Cosima Scheibler
                  • Constantin Scheibler
                  • Victor Scheibler
                • Christopher von Oppenheim (born 1965) ⚭ Gabriele Mittelsten-Scheid
                  • August von Oppenheim
                  • Hugo von Oppenheim
                • Alexandra von Oppenheim ⚭ Hans-Christoph Scheibler
              • Gisela von Oppenheim (1936-2023) ⚭ Guillermo von Sanden (1931-2017)
                • Federico von Sanden (born 1969) ⚭ Euphemie Gräfin Zech-Burkesroda (born 1968)
                  • Felizitas von Sanden (born 1999)
                  • Karl von Sanden (born 2001)
                • Christian von Sanden (born 1973) ⚭ Janina Becker (born 1972)
                  • Pia von Sanden (born 2006)
                  • Maximilian von Sanden (born 2009)
              • Friedrich Carl von Oppenheim (born 1937) ⚭ 1) Loyse de Rham (killed in an accident); 2) Marie-Rose von Merey, gesch. van Exter
                • Leonie von Oppenheim ⚭ Charles Booth-Clibborn
                  • Edwina Booth-Clibborn
                  • Celeste Booth-Clibborn
                  • Evelyn Booth-Clibborn
                  • Gisele Booth-Clibborn
                  • Theodore Booth-Clibborn
                • Simon von Oppenheim (born 1970)
                  • Ludmilla von Oppenheim
                  • Waldemar von Oppenheim
                • Florian von Oppenheim (born 1974)
        • Albert [de] (1834–1912), catholic since 1858, partner of the bank 1880–1904, ⚭ Paula Engels (1837–1919)
          • Max von Oppenheim (1860–1946), diplomat and orientalist
          • Emil (1862–1956), partner of the bank 1893–1912 ⚭ Maria Pergler von Perglas (1871–1959)
          • Clara Maria Hubertina (1870–1959) ⚭ Guido Graf von Matuschka-Greiffenclau (1847–1924)
        • Henry (1835–1912) partner of the bank ⚭ Isabella Georgina Butler
      • Abraham (1804–1878), partner of the bank since 1828, nominated 1868 preußischer Freiherr in 1868 ⚭ Charlotte Beyfus [de] (1811–1887)
      • Eveline Oppenheim (1805–1886), married to Ferdinand von Kusserow
      • Dagobert Oppenheim [de] (1809–1889)
      • Betty Oppenheim (Bertha Hertz) ⚭ Heinrich David Hertz (born as Hertz Hertz)

Notes

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  1. ^ Frédéric Barbier, "Banque, famille et société en Allemagne au XIX e siècle." Revue de synthèse 114.1 (1993): 123-137.
  2. ^ Wilhelm Treue, "Die Bankiers Simon und Abraham Oppenheim 1828-1880. Der private Hintergrund ihrer beruflichen Tätigkeit, ihre Rolle in der Politik und ihre Nobilitierung." Zeitschrift für Unternehmensgeschichte 31.1 (1986): 31-72.
  3. ^ "Sal. Oppenheim: Anklage-Bank".
  4. ^ "Sal. Oppenheim: Anklage-Bank".
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