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- Ephrussi_family abstract "The Ephrussi family (French pronunciation: [ɛfʁysi]) were a Ukrainian Jewish banking and oil dynasty.Family members made their fortune controlling grain distribution beginning in Odessa (then Russian Empire, now Ukraine) and later controlled large-scale oil resources across Crimea and the Caucasus. From 1856, members of the family established banking houses in Vienna, Paris, and Athens. By 1860, the family was the world’s largest grain exporter. The Austrian branch of the family were elevated to the nobility by the Habsburg emperor.During the 19th century, the family possessed vast wealth, owning many castles, palaces, and estates in Europe. The family were known for their connoisseurship, intellectual interests, and their huge collections of art.The family's bank and properties were seized by the Nazis after the March 1938 German annexation of Austria.The family name is considered to be a variation of "Ephrati", a Jewish family name attested in various countries since the 14th Century and still current in present-day Israel, in this case transformed through the Ashkenazi pronunciation (Ephrati-Ephrassi-Ephrussi).Notable members of the Ephrussi include: Béatrice de Rothschild-Ephrussi (1864-1934) - part of the Rothschild family Boris Ephrussi (1901-1979), influential French geneticist (his wife, Harriet Ephrussi-Taylor, 1918-1968, was also a geneticist and crystallographer) Charles Ephrussi (1849-1905), art historian, proprietor of the "Gazette des Beaux-Arts", an inspiration for Charles Swann in Marcel Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu Ignace von Ephrussi (1829-1899), Austrian banker Jules Ephrussi (1846-1915), French banker Marie Juliette Ephrussi, Princesse de Faucigny-Lucinge, (1880-1964) - Princess de Faucigny-Lucinge Maurice Ephrussi (1849-1916), French banker Michel Ephrussi (1845-1914), French banker Viktor von Ephrussi (1860-1945), Austrian banker Elisabeth von Ephrussi (1899-1991) Gisela von Ephrussi (1904-1985) Ignace von Ephrussi (1906-1994) Rudolf von Ephrussi (1918-1971) Robert de Waal Victor de Waal (*1929), Dean of Canterbury Constant Hendrik de Waal (*1931) John de Waal (*1962), British barrister Alexander de Waal (*1963), British writer and journalist, Executive director of World Peace Foundation Edmund de Waal (*1964), British ceramic artist, Author of The Hare with Amber Eyes Thomas de Waal (*1966), British journalist Hendrik de Waal (*1955), German investorFanny ReinachProperties included: Palais Ephrussi is a Ringstraßenpalais - Vienna. Villa Ephrussi - Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the Côte d'Azur Hôtel de Breteuil, 12 Avenue Foch, Paris Hôtel Ephrussi, 81 Rue de Monceau, Paris Hôtel 11, Avenue d'Iéna, Paris Villa Kerylos on the Côte d'Azur↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 ↑ ↑ ↑".
- Ephrussi_family thumbnail Palais_Ephrussi_Vienna_June_2006_119.jpg?width=300.
- Ephrussi_family wikiPageID "4931638".
- Ephrussi_family wikiPageRevisionID "603128339".
- Ephrussi_family hasPhotoCollection Ephrussi_family.
- Ephrussi_family subject Category:Ephrussi_family.
- Ephrussi_family subject Category:Jewish_Austrian_history.
- Ephrussi_family subject Category:Jewish_French_history.
- Ephrussi_family subject Category:Jewish_Ukrainian_history.
- Ephrussi_family comment "The Ephrussi family (French pronunciation: [ɛfʁysi]) were a Ukrainian Jewish banking and oil dynasty.Family members made their fortune controlling grain distribution beginning in Odessa (then Russian Empire, now Ukraine) and later controlled large-scale oil resources across Crimea and the Caucasus. From 1856, members of the family established banking houses in Vienna, Paris, and Athens. By 1860, the family was the world’s largest grain exporter.".
- Ephrussi_family label "Ephrussi family".
- Ephrussi_family label "Famille Ephrussi".
- Ephrussi_family sameAs Famille_Ephrussi.
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- Ephrussi_family sameAs Q2894644.
- Ephrussi_family sameAs Q2894644.
- Ephrussi_family wasDerivedFrom Ephrussi_family?oldid=603128339.
- Ephrussi_family depiction Palais_Ephrussi_Vienna_June_2006_119.jpg.
- Ephrussi_family isPrimaryTopicOf Ephrussi_family.
