Susanne eventually married the Frankfurt merchant Franz Josef Carl Langenberger (1821–1878) who became a partner in the bank.Īs the eldest son, Friedrich Emil Erlanger became involved in extensive banking and bill transactions early in life. Just prior the birth of his oldest child Susanne Adolphine (1829–1873), Raphael Erlanger converted from Judaism to Christianity for his wife's sake.

In 1859, Raphael Erlanger was made a Portuguese Baron by Pedro V of Portugal, he also was ennobled as von Erlanger by the Duke of Saxe-Meiningen in 1860, and elevated to the rank of a baron, together with his whole family, by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1871. In 1848 he founded his own bank, named Erlanger & Söhne ( Erlanger & Sons) in 1865, and became a major competitor to the Rothschild banks in Frankfurt, Vienna and Paris.

Raphael Erlanger had begun as a disponent in the Frankfurt business of the Rothschild family. Raphael was the son of a Frankfurt currency broker, Löb Moses, later named Ludwig Moritz Erlanger (b. Biography įrédéric Émile, Baron d'Erlanger was born to banker Baron Raphael von Erlanger and his young wife, Margarete Helene Albert (1800–1834). He founded the French branch of the Erlanger banking businesses, Emile Erlanger & Co.

Frédéric Émile, Baron d'Erlanger (Jin Frankfurt am Main – in Versailles), born as Friedrich Emil Erlanger, was a German-French banker and Consul.

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