The Château de Pregny , sometimes referred to as the Rothschild Castle, is a castle in the municipality of Pregny-Chambésy of the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland . It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance .
5-617: The château was built in 1858 by the Swiss banker, Adolphe Carl de Rothschild , who died childless in 1900. He bequeathed to a cousin, Maurice de Rothschild of the Rothschild banking family of France , who in turn left it to his son, Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild . The property remains in the family and as at 2013 is the principal residence of Edmond's widow, Nadine . 46°14′07″N 6°08′30″E / 46.235268°N 6.141761°E / 46.235268; 6.141761 This article about
10-517: A castle in Switzerland is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Maurice de Rothschild Maurice Edmond Karl de Rothschild (19 May 1881 – 4 September 1957) was a French art collector, vineyard owner, financier and politician. He was born into the Rothschild banking family of France . Maurice de Rothschild was born on 19 May 1881 in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris . He
15-567: The family. Rothschild was elected in 1919 to the Chamber of Deputies , where he served until 1929. Between 1929 and 1945, he was a member of the Senate for Hautes-Alpes . In June 1940, during the Battle of France , Rothschild and several family members received Portuguese visas from Aristides de Sousa Mendes , allowing them to flee France for Portugal. Maurice de Rothschild sailed from Lisbon to Scotland
20-515: The following month. In 1909 Maurice de Rothschild married Noémie de Rothschild . Her mother was Marie Hermine Rodrigues Péreire (1860–1936), daughter of Eugène Péreire of the Péreire banking family whose Crédit Mobilier were arch-competitors of the Rothschilds. Noémie Halphen and Maurice de Rothschild had one child, a son Edmond . Maurice de Rothschild is commemorated in the scientific name of
25-507: Was the second child of Edmond James de Rothschild (1845–1934) and Adelheid von Rothschild . He grew up at the Château Rothschild in Boulogne-Billancourt . Rothschild inherited a fortune from the childless Adolph Carl von Rothschild [ fr ] (1823–1900) of the Naples branch of the family and moved to Geneva , Switzerland where he perpetuated the new Swiss branch of
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