Hélène van Zuylen

"Baroness Hélène van Zuylen van Nijevelt van de Haar or Hélène de Zuylen de Nyevelt de Haar, née de Rothschild (21 August 1863 – 17 October 1947), was a French socialite, authoress, a sporting figure in Parisian life and a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of France."

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In 1890, baron Étienne van Zuylen van Nyevelt van de Haar (1860-1934) inherited the castle ruins from his father Gustave van Zuylen (1818-1890). Étienne was married in Paris on 16 August 1887 to Baroness Hélène de Rothschild (1863-1947), an heiress from the French branch of the rich banker family De Rothschild . Partly thanks to her fortune, Étienne had the means to have the ancestral castle rebuilt in a grandiose way.

De Haar Castle is the largest castle of Holland and is located just outside Utrecht and a half an hour drive from Amsterdam.

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Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne_van_Zuylen

http://www.geneall.net/U/per_page.php?id=124704

http://www.thepeerage.com/p19544.htm#i195439

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Citations:

[S37] Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 3416. Hereinafter cited as Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 107th edition.