Aline Caroline de Rothschild, Lady Sassoon (21 October 1867 – 28 July 1909) was a French

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and daughter of Cécile Anspach and Baron Gustave de Rothschild of the

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. She was born in Paris, where her parents had a house on Avenue Marigny. In 1887, aged 19, she married

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(later Sir Edward Sassoon, 2nd Bt.). They had two children: * Sir Philip Albert Gustave David Sassoon, 3rd Bt. (1888–1939) * Sybil Rachel Bettie Cécile, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (1894–1989) The family settled in London at 25, Kensington Gore, where de Rothschild, a talented artist, set up her own studio. She was part of a group of 'personages distinguished for their breeding, beauty, delicacy and discrimination of mind' called '

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'. De Rothschild died in Paris on 28 July 1909. Her great-great-grandson is actor

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English socialites Aline Caroline de Rothschild Aline Caroline de Rothschild 19th-century French Jews 1867 births 1909 deaths Wives of baronets French socialites {{France-noble-stub

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