Baroness Hélène van Zuylen van Nijevelt van de Haar or Hélène de
Zuylen de Nyevelt de Haar, née de Rothschild (21 August 1863 â€" 17
October 1947), was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family
of France, and an author, who collaborated on stories and poems with
her lesbian partner Renée Vivien, sometimes under the nom de plume
Paule Riversdale. An only child, the daughter of Salomon James de
Rothschild, she was disinherited for marrying a Catholic, Baron
Etienne van Zuylen [fr; nl; ru] of the old Dutch noble family Van
Zuylen van Nievelt.Hélène was one of a trio of French female
motoring pioneers of the Belle Epoque. She entered the 1898
Parisâ€"Amsterdamâ€"Paris Trail, thus becoming the first woman to
compete in an international motor race.Hélène Betty Louise Caroline
de Rothschild was the daughter of Baron Salomon James de Rothschild
and Adèle von Rothschild [de] (née Adele Hannah Charlotte de
Rothschild) (the daughter of Salomon's German cousin Mayer Carl von
Rothschild).[1] She was raised at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild at
11. rue Berryer in the 8th arrondissement in the heart of Paris, near
the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Her mother bequeathed the property
to the French government fine arts administration rather than to her
only child, because Hélène was disinherited for marrying a Roman
Catholic.
Zuylen de Nyevelt de Haar, née de Rothschild (21 August 1863 â€" 17
October 1947), was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family
of France, and an author, who collaborated on stories and poems with
her lesbian partner Renée Vivien, sometimes under the nom de plume
Paule Riversdale. An only child, the daughter of Salomon James de
Rothschild, she was disinherited for marrying a Catholic, Baron
Etienne van Zuylen [fr; nl; ru] of the old Dutch noble family Van
Zuylen van Nievelt.Hélène was one of a trio of French female
motoring pioneers of the Belle Epoque. She entered the 1898
Parisâ€"Amsterdamâ€"Paris Trail, thus becoming the first woman to
compete in an international motor race.Hélène Betty Louise Caroline
de Rothschild was the daughter of Baron Salomon James de Rothschild
and Adèle von Rothschild [de] (née Adele Hannah Charlotte de
Rothschild) (the daughter of Salomon's German cousin Mayer Carl von
Rothschild).[1] She was raised at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild at
11. rue Berryer in the 8th arrondissement in the heart of Paris, near
the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Her mother bequeathed the property
to the French government fine arts administration rather than to her
only child, because Hélène was disinherited for marrying a Roman
Catholic.
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