Wilhelm von Gutmann

Wilhelm von Gutmann
Wilhelm von Gutmann
Full name	Wilhelm Isak Ritter von Gutmann
Born	18 August 1826; Leipnik, Moravia
Died	17 May 1895 (aged 68); Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Noble family	Gutmann
Spouse(s)	Leonor Latzko ; (1856⁠–⁠1867) ; Ida Wodianer (1871⁠–⁠1895)
Issue	Berthold von Gutmann; Max von Gutmann; Rosa von Gutmann; Marianne von Gutmann; Moritz von Gutmann; Rudolf von Gutmann; Princess Elsa of Liechtenstein
Father	Marcus Leopold Gutmann
Mother	Babette Dobrisch Frankl

Wilhelm Isak Wolf Ritter von Gutmann (18 August 1826 – 17 May 1895) was an Austrian entrepreneur. He founded and led the largest coal company in Austria-Hungary, was nobilitized in 1878 and was President of the Vienna Israelite Community from 1891 to 1892.

Beginnings

Wilhelm Gutmann came from a distinguished family of Lipník Jews. His father traded in textiles. Wilhelm studied theology in Hungary, but he was not very interested, so he started working as an educator, and later as a senior administrative assistant at a farm brewery with his distant relative. Then he became independent and began trading grains, but he failed again. Everything improved for him until he began to deal with plaster. Later trading with coal, he made it rich.^[1]

Family

Sir Francis Abraham Montefiore and his wife, Lady Montefiore (née von Gutmann) 1890s

Wilhelm Gutmann married his first wife Leonor Latzko (1827-1867), which the children Berthold (1856-1932), Max von Gutmann (1857-1930), and Rosa (1862-1930) were born. After the early death of his first wife, he married Ida Wodianer (1847-1924), printer daughter, Philipp editor and landlords (Fülöp) Wodianer (1820-1899). With her was Wilhelm von Gutmann four children: Marianne (1871-1956), Moritz (1872-1934), Elizabeth (1875-1947) and Rudolf (1880-1966).^[2] His daughter Elisabeth married in 1929 to Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853-1938), becoming the princess consort of Liechtenstein. The older sister Marianne was married to an English Zionist Sir Francis Abraham Montefiore (1860-1935), thus becoming Lady Montefiore.

References

^ ZÁŘICKÝ, Aleš. Velkopodnikatel příklad Heinricha hraběte Larisch-Mönnicha, Josefa Zwierziny a Wilhelma Gutmanna. In Lukáš Fasora aj.. Člověk na Moravě 19. století. Brno : Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7325-147-5. S. 28-46.
^ (Parte): Ida v. Gutmann geb. Wodianer. In: Neue Freie Presse, Morgenblatt, Nr. 21453/1924, 1. Juni 1924, S. 25 unten. (Online bei ANNO)

[1] ZÁŘICKÝ, Aleš. Velkopodnikatel příklad Heinricha hraběte Larisch-Mönnicha, Josefa Zwierziny a Wilhelma Gutmanna. In Lukáš Fasora aj.. Člověk na Moravě 19. století. Brno : Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7325-147-5. S. 28-46.

[2] (Parte): Ida v. Gutmann geb. Wodianer. In: Neue Freie Presse, Morgenblatt, Nr. 21453/1924, 1. Juni 1924, S. 25 unten. (Online bei ANNO)

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