Betty de Rothschild person

“When James married Betty, she acquired no right to his property, but her dowry of 1.5 million francs (£60,000) remained part of her own distinct property…”

“His wife Betty was as secular-minded as her husband, but she too had a strong sense that observance was a social if not a spiritual imperative.…”

“When she heard that her son Alphonse had attended the synagogue in New York, she declared herself “over the moon,”…”

“Betty provided clothing for pregnant women...…”

“Even Betty, that staunch Orléanist opponent of the revolution, had to admit it...…”

“Fortunately for the historian, Betty was less discreet when she met Apponyi, so we have a good idea of her furious reaction…”

“While Betty could express her “demoralisation” with Napoleon by retreating into internal exile at Ferrières…”

“At the Rothschilds,” observed Apponyi waspishly after an encounter with Nat’s wife Charlotte and Betty…”

““I would incline to the view,” her husband reluctantly concluded in 1858…”

“a view echoed by Benjamin Davidson after an encounter with Betty.…”

“On this decidedly authoritarian basis, Edmond instructed Mohilever’s settlers to attempt viniculture at Eqron (later renamed Mazkeret Batya after his mother Betty).…”

“This he did on June 4, preceded by his wife Betty…”

“Betty reported to her son in 1849 that she had “made my peace with HM” by “invit[ing] her to my place” when the Fitzroys visited Paris.…”

“...Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ portrait of his wife Betty (1848)...…”

“They had met at James’s Boulogne château: looking back many years later, Heine recalled in a letter to Betty “the sunny day in Boulogne where you first appeared to me with all your magical charm.”…”

“In all this, an important role was played by James’s wife Betty, with whom Heine had conducted what might be described as an elegant flirtation in the 1830s.…”

“...James was ready to let his wife and sons return to Paris—though in agreeing to Betty’s request...…”