Ignace von Ephrussi explained

Ignace von Ephrussi
Birth Date:1829
Birth Place:Berdychiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Death Date:1899
Death Place:Vienna, Austria
Occupation:Banker
Baron
Spouse:Emily Porges
Children:2 sons (including Viktor von Ephrussi), 1 daughter
Parents:Charles Joachim Ephrussi
Belle Levensohn
Relatives:Michel 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

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

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

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Book: de Waal. Edmund. The Hare with the Amber Eyes. 2010. Chatto & Windus. London, UK. 9780374105976.
  2. Book: de Waal. Edmund. The Hare with the Amber Eyes. 2010. Chatto & Windus. London, UK. 9780374105976. 121–122.
  3. Book: Bedoire. Fredric. Tanner. Robert. The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture, 1830-1930. 2004. KTAV Publishing House. Jersey City, New Jersey. 316. 0881258083. 56194321.