Alexandre Louis Philippe Marie Berthier, 4th Prince de Wagram (20 July 1883 – 30 May 1918) was a French nobleman and an art collector.
Alexandre Berthier | |
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| 4th Prince of Wagram | |
| Tenure | 15 July 1911 – 30 May 1918 |
| Predecessor | Alexandre Berthier |
| Full name | Alexandre Louis Philippe Marie Berthier |
| Born | 20 July 1883 Paris |
| Died | 30 May 1918 Fort de Condé-sur-Aisne |
| Buried | Château de Grosbois |
| Father | Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram |
| Mother | Baroness Bertha Clara von Rothschild |
Early life
editBorn as the son of Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram (1836–1911) and Baroness Bertha Clara von Rothschild (1862–1903),[1] a member of the German branch of the prominent Rothschild family, Alexandre Berthier grew up in the family's ancestral home, the Château de Grosbois, a large estate in Boissy-Saint-Léger, southeast of Paris. He had two sisters, Elisabeth (1885–1960) and Marguerite (1887–1966), the latter of whom married Prince Jean Victor de Broglie.[1]
Biography
editAlexandre Berthier was an active collector of modern art.[2] He owned works by prominent artists such as Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In his will, he bequeathed 17 of Renoir’s paintings to the French nation.[1]
Before leaving for the French Army and serving in World War I on 1 August 1914, Berthier bequeathed the Château de Grosbois to his sister. He served as an army captain and led a company of chasseurs during the Third Battle of the Aisne. He sustained fatal wounds from shell fire at Fort de Condé-sur-Aisne and died on 30 May 1918. He had no children.[1][3] Berthier was buried at the Château de Grosbois, alongside his father and grandfather.[4]
Ancestry
editReferences
edit- Max Reyne: Les 26 Maréchaux de Napoléon: Soldats de la Révolution, gloires de l'Empire, 1990
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b c d August 2018: Portrait of a ‘Princess’: Bertha Clara von Rothschild by Ellis William Roberts, 1890, The Rothschild Archive (accessed 4 August 2020)
- ^ Le maréchal Berthier démasqué, Le Figaro, 6 February 2014 (accessed 4 August 2020)
- ^ Château de Grosbois, montjoye.net (accessed 4 August 2020)
- ^ Reyne 1990