Fould family

French Jewish family

The Fould family is a family of French Jewish descent known for success in banking.^[1] It was founded by Beer Léon Fould, a wine-dealer's son from Lorraine, who moved to Paris in 1784 to establish a banking business.^[2]^[3] The name comes from the Hessian city of Fulda.

Family tree

Jacob Fould (1736–1830), wine dealer
- Beer Léon Fould (1767–1855), banker, married to Charlotte Brulhen (1766–1818)
  - Rose Fould Furtado (1791-1870), married to Élie Furtado, the son of the rabbi of Bayonne and the nephew of Abraham Furtado
    - Cécile Charlotte Furtado-Heine (1821-1896), philanthropist and wife of Frankfurt banker Charles Heine
  - Benoît Fould (1792–1858), banker and art collector, married to Helena Oppenheim, daughter of Salomon Oppenheim (1772–1828), banker
  - Louis Fould (1794–1858), banker, married to Adèle Brull (1809–1839)
    - Édouard Fould (1834–1881), politician, mayor of Lurcy-Lévis
  - Achille Fould (1800–1867), banker and statesman, married to Henriette Goldschmidt
    - Adolphe-Ernest Fould (1824–1875), banker and politician
      - Charles Armand Achille-Fould (1861–1926), politician, conseiller général des Hautes-Pyrénées, married to Marie-Louise Heine [fr], daughter of Armand Heine (1818–1883), banker
        Armand Achille-Fould [fr] (1890–1969), politician
        Aymar Achille-Fould [fr] (1925–1986), politician
        Régine Achille-Fould (1948–), film director
    - Gustave-Eugène Fould (1836–1884), banker and politician, married to Valérie Simonin (1831–1919), actress, novelist and sculptor ; she later marries Prince George Ştirbey of Wallachia (1828-1925) who adopts her daughters by Fould :
      - Consuelo Fould (1862–1927), painter
      - Georges Achille-Fould (1868–1951), painter
- Abraham Fould (1774–1842)
  - Emile Fould (1803–1880), notary
    - Paul Fould (1837–1917), married to Eve Mathilde de Günzburg (1844–1894), daughter of Joseph Günzburg (1812–1878), banker
    - Juliette Fould (1839–1912), married to Eugène Péreire (1831–1908), financier
      - Alice Pereire (1858–1931), married to Salomon Halfon (1854–1923, son of Michael Halfon and Rebecca de Camondo), banker
      - Marie Pereire (1860–1936), married to Jules Halphen (1856–1928), son of Eugène Halphen
        Henri Isaac Halphen (1886–1962), married to Violet Crosbie (1890–?)
        
        Noémie Halphen (1888–1968), married to Maurice de Rothschild (1881–1957)
    - Alphonse Fould (1850–1913), married to Ernestine DuPont
      - Hélène Fould (1878–1927), married to Paul Helbronner (1871–1938), topographer
  - Eugène Fould (1806–?)
    - Henri Jules Fould (1837–1895), married to Suzette Stern (1845–)
      - Marguerite Fould (1866–1956), wife of Edgard Stern (1854–1936)
        See Stern family
    - Léon Fould (1839–1924), married to Thérèse Ephrussi (1851–1911), sister of Maurice Ephrussi (1849–1916), banker
      - Eugène Fould-Springer (1876–1929), married to Marie-Cecile Springer, daughter of Baron Gustav Springer, industrial magnate
        Hélène Fould-Springer (1907–1997), married to Eduardo Propper de Callejón (1895–1972), Spanish diplomat
        Elena Propper de Callejón (1943–), married to Raymond Bonham Carter (1929–2004), British banker
        Edward Henry Bonham Carter (1960—), financier
        
        Helena Bonham Carter (1966–), actress
        
        Therese Fould-Springer (1914—1953), married to Alan Payan Pryce-Jones (1908—2000), British author and politician
        David Pryce-Jones (1936–), author
        
        Liliane Fould-Springer (1916–2003), married to Élie de Rothschild (1917–2007), banker and vineyard owner

References

^ Barbier, Frédéric (1991). Finance et Politique : La Dynastie des Fould : XVIIIe-XXe siècle (in French). Paris: A. Colin. ISBN 0220037531.
^ Barbier, Frédéric (1989). "Les origines de la maison Fould : Beer Léon et Bénédict Fould (vers 1740–1864)". Revue Historique. 281 (569): 159–192. JSTOR 40954842.
^ Smith, Michael Stephen (2006). The Emergence of Modern Business Enterprise in France: 1800–1930. Harvard University Press. p. 52. ISBN 0674019393.