11 Facts About Paul-Louis Weiller

Paul-Louis Weiller was a French industrialist and philanthropist.

From a Jewish Alsatian family, Weiller was the son of the industrialist and politician Lazare Weiller and Alice Anna Javal, scion of the Javal family, who rose to prominence in business, finance, and politics during the 19th century.

Paul-Louis Weiller studied engineering at the Ecole Centrale Paris and graduated in 1914 with a graduate diploma.

Paul-Louis Weiller later became an aviation hero during the First World War.

Paul-Louis Weiller participated in the creation of airlines serving Africa, which were all nationalized in 1933 to become Air France, of which he was one of the company's first administrators.

Paul-Louis Weiller's mother was deported and murdered at Auschwitz in 1943.

Paul-Louis Weiller's objective was to revive Paris as the capital of culture, an action that led to his election to the Academie des beaux-arts.

Paul-Louis Weiller led an active social life associating with the royal families of Europe, business and political leaders, and personalities in the arts and entertainment, whom he gathered in last of the salon traditions as described by Marcel Proust.

Paul-Louis Weiller died at the age of 100 years in Geneva and found his final resting place at the cemetery of Compesieres, which is located next to the Compesieres Commandry of the Order of Malta, in the Genevan municipality of Bardonnex.

On 29 August 1922 in Paris, Paul-Louis Weiller married Princess Alexandra Ghica, with whom he had one daughter, Marie-Elisabeth.

Paul-Louis Weiller later divorced on 25 March 1931, in order to marry on 31 October 1932 Aliki Diplarakou from whom he was divorced.