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Nathaniel de Rothschild | |
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| Born | (1812-07-02)2 July 1812 London, England |
| Died | 19 February 1870(1870-02-19) (aged 57) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, winemaker |
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| Children | Nathalie de Rothschild (b. 1843) James Edouard de Rothschild (b. 1844) Mayer Albert de Rothschild (b. 1846) Arthur de Rothschild (b. 1851) |
| Parent(s) | Nathan Mayer Rothschild Hannah W. Cohen |
| Relatives | James Mayer Rothschild(uncle and later father-in-law) |
Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812–1870), was a businessman, banker and winemaker. He established theChâteau Mouton Rothschild.
Nathaniel de Rothschild was born on 2 July 1812 in London. He was the fourth child ofNathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836) and Hannah W. Cohen (1783–1850).
He was a member of theRothschild banking family of England, closely connected to theRothschild banking family of France.[1] While he was in his thirties, he was injured in a hunting accident, after which he was rarely seen in public.[1]
He moved to Paris, France in 1850 to work in the banking business owned by his uncle,James Mayer Rothschild (1792–1868).
In 1853, he acquired the Château Brane Mouton, a vineyard inPauillac in theGironde département from a Paris banker named Thuret who had previously bought it from BaronHector de Branne in 1830. Rothschild paid 1,175,000 francs for Brane-Mouton's 65 acres (263,000 m2) of vineyards and renamed the estate,Château Mouton Rothschild. It would become one of the world's best known winemakers.
In 1868, his uncle James acquired the neighboringChâteau Lafite vineyard. A prestigiousfirst growth (premier cru) property more than three times the size of Chateau Mouton, it created a family rivalry. In theBordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855, Château Mouton was ranked second, something that upset its owner a great deal. In response, he composed the motto:Premier ne puis, second ne daigne, Mouton suis. ("First I cannot be, second I do not choose to be, Mouton I am."), a hint on theapocryphal motto of theHouse of Rohan.
In 1842, he marriedCharlotte de Rothschild (1825–1899), the only daughter ofJames Mayer Rothschild.. They had the following children:
In 1856, Nathaniel and his wife purchased the property at 33Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris fromDenis, duc Decrès. At the time it was rented to theRussian Embassy but when the lease ran out in 1864, he renovated the building and made it his city residence. Passed down to his sonArthur de Rothschild, he sold it in 1918 to theCercle de l'Union interalliée. In 1878, Nathaniel bought theAbbaye des Vaux de Cernay inCernay-la-Ville in theVallée de Chevreuse, at the time only a ruins of aCistercianabbey built in 1118. He and his wife undertook extensive restoration work and new construction to turn the lakeside property into a luxurious country home.
The property ofChâteau Mouton Rothschild will pass to his son James Nathan and through him, to his great grandsonPhilippe de Rothschild
He died on 19 February 1870 in Paris, France.
After his death, his children and grandchildren showed little enthusiasm for the wine business. It would be 118 years later before Château Mouton, under the leadership of Nat's great-grandsonPhilippe de Rothschild (1902–88), would become the only French vineyard to ever achieve reclassification toFirst Growth.
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