Rothschild family
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The Rothschild family is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish noble banking family originally from Frankfurt, Germany. The family's documented history starts in 16th-century Frankfurt; its name is derived from
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty.
House of the Rothschild family, Judengasse, Frankfurt
Palace of Baron Albert von Rothschild (photo 1884)
A landmark Rothschild palace in Frankfurt, Germany, Villa Günthersburg (photographed 1855)
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild was a German Jewish banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty, which dominated international finance in Europe between the 1820s and the 1870s. Referred to as a
Rothschild family
…its name is derived from the family house, Rothschild, built by Isaak Elchanan Bacharach in Frankfurt in 1567. The family rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, who established his banking…
The Elector of Hesse entrusting Mayer Amschel Rothschild with his treasure
Grave stone of Mayer Amschel Rothschild in Frankfurt am Main. His name as it appears on the stone was Moses Mayer, son of Amschel, and he apparently added the Amschel, as in later generations.