Biography
Evelina de Rothschild was the daughter of Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879), the first openly uncoverted Jew to sit in the British House of Lords. Her mother was Charlotte von Rothschild (1819-1884), a cousin from the Naples branch of the family.
On June 7, 1865, Evelina married her cousin Ferdinand James von Rothschild (1839-1898) of the Austrian branch of the family. Because of her parents' prominent position as one of the wealthiest and most influential families in England, guests at her wedding banquet and ball included Benjamin Disraeli, the ambassadors from Austria and France, and Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.
Following a lengthy honeymoon across Europe, Evelina and her husband settled into a home at 143 Piccadilly in London near her parents. Pregnant with their first child, she died on December 4, 1866 while giving birth to a stillborn son. She is buried at the Rothschild Mausoleum in the Jewish Cemetery at West Ham.
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