Nathaniel de Rothschild
| Nathaniel de Rothschild | |
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| Born |
2 July 1812 London, England |
| Died | 19 February 1870 (aged 57) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Businessman, winemaker |
| Spouse(s) | Charlotte de Rothschild (m. 1842) |
| 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 the Château Mouton Rothschild.
Nathaniel de Rothschild was born on 2 July 1812 in London. He was the fourth child of Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777–1836) and Hannah W. Cohen (1783–1850). He was a member of the Rothschild banking family of England, closely connected to the Rothschild banking family of France.
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 in Pauillac in the Gironde département from a Paris banker named Thuret who had previously bought it from Baron Hector 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 neighboring Château Lafite vineyard. A prestigious first growth (premier cru) property more than three times the size of Chateau Mouton, it created a family rivalry. In the Bordeaux 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.").
In 1842, he married Charlotte de Rothschild (1825–1899), daughter of James Mayer Rothschild. They had the following children:
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