| 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 |
| Noble family | Berthier |
| Father | Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram |
| Mother | Baroness Bertha Clara von Rothschild |
Alexandre Louis Philippe Marie Berthier, 4th Prince de Wagram (20 July 1883 – 30 May 1918) was a French nobleman and an art collector.
Early life
Born as the son of Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram (1836–1911) and Baroness Bertha Clara von Rothschild (1862–1903), 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.
Biography
Alexandre Berthier was an active collector of modern art. 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.
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. Berthier was buried at the Château de Grosbois, alongside his father and grandfather.
Ancestry
References
- Max Reyne: Les 26 Maréchaux de Napoléon: Soldats de la Révolution, gloires de l'Empire, 1990
Footnotes
- ^ 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