Bischoffsheim family

See also: BNP Paribas

The Bischoffsheim family is a family of German-Belgian Jewish descent known for their success in banking. It can be traced back to Raphaël Nathan Bischoffsheim, an army contractor native of Tauberbischofsheim, in the Electorate of Mainz.^[1] The family was particularly interwoven with the Goldschmidt family of Frankfurt am Main; the two families intermarried over the generations and jointly managed Bischoffsheim, Goldschmidt & Cie bank, which they eventually merged into Banque de Crédit et de Dépôt des Pays-Bas in 1863.^[2][3]

Coat of arms of the Bischoffsheim family

Family tree

• Raphaël Nathan Bischoffsheim (1773–1814), army contractor of the Electorate of Mainz
  • Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim (1800–1873), banker, founder of Bischoffsheim, Goldschmidt & Cie married to Amalie Goldschmidt (1804–1887), daughter of Hayum-Salomon Goldschmidt (1772–1843), banker
    • Raphaël Louis Bischoffsheim (1823–1906), banker, politician, patron
    • Henri Louis Bischoffsheim (1829–1908), banker, married to Clarissa Biedermann (1837–1922), daughter of Josef Biedermann (1809–1867), Habsburg court jeweler
      • Ellen Bischoffsheim (1857–1933), politician, married to William Cuffe (1845–1898), the 4th Earl of Desart
      • Amélie Bischoffsheim (1858–1947), married to Maurice FitzGerald (1844–1916), 2nd Baronet of Valentia
  • Amalia Bischoffsheim (1802–1877), married to August Bamberger (1790–1858), cloth merchant and banker
    • Rudolph Bamberger (de) (1821–1900), banker, married to Bertha Seligmann (1827–1915)
      • Franz Bamberger (de) (1855–1926), banker, married to Anna Klara Levino (1865–1942), pianist, studied under Clara Schumann
        • Ludwig Bamberger (1892–1969), film director
    • Ludwig Bamberger (1823–1899), banker, co-founder of Deutsche Bank
    • Henri Bamberger (1826–1908), banker, co-founder of Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas, married to Amalie von Hirsch, sister of Moritz von Hirsch (1831–1896).
    • Eugénie Bamberger (1828–?), married to Benjamin Lévy (1817–1884)
      • Raphaël-Georges Lévy (1853–1933), politician, married to Marguerite Halphen (1861–1929)
    • Clara Bamberger (1833–1907), married to Elias Landsberg (1820–1888)
      • Ernst Landsberg (1860–1927), jurist, married to Anna Silverberg (1878–1938)
        • Paul Ludwig Landsberg (1901–1944), philosopher
    • Henriette Bamberger (1841–1894), married to Michel Bréal (1832–1915), philologist
  • Jonathan-Raphaël Bischoffsheim (1808–1883), banker, married to Henriette Goldschmidt, daughter of Hayum-Salomon Goldschmidt (1772–1843), banker
    • Clara Bischoffsheim (1833–1899), married to Maurice de Hirsch (1831–1896), banker, founder of the Jewish Colonization Association
      • adopted Maurice Arnold de Forest-Bischoffsheim (1879–1968), English aviator, politician
    • Regine Bischoffsheim (1834–1905), married to Leopold Benedict Goldschmidt (1830–1904), banker, grandson of Hayum-Salomon Goldschmidt (1772–1843), banker
    • Ferdinand-Raphaël Bischoffsheim (1837–1909), banker, married to Mary Paine (1859–1900)
      • Maurice Bischoffsheim (1875–1904), banker, married to Marie-Thérèse de Chevigné (1880–1963)
        • Marie-Laure Bischoffsheim (1902–1970), philanthropist, married to Charles de Noailles (1891–1981)
    • Hortense Bischoffsheim (fr) (1843–1901), married to Georges Montefiore-Levi (1832–1906), industrialist
  • Clara Bischoffsheim (1810–1876), married to Meyer Joseph Cahen d'Anvers (1804–1881), banker
    • Louis Raphaël Cahen d'Anvers (1837–1922), banker, married to Louise de Morpurgo (1845–1926)
      • Robert Cahen d'Anvers (1871–1931), banker, married to Sonia Warshawsky
        • Yvonne Cahen d'Anvers (1899–1977), married to Anthony Gustav de Rothschild (1887–1961), banker
          • See Rothschild banking family of England
      • Irène Cahen d'Anvers (1872–1963), married to Moïse de Camondo (1860–1935), banker
        • See Camondo family