Mayer
Amschel
Rothschild
aka Bauer
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Deutschland
Ancestors 
Brother of
Gitta Rothschild
Husband of
Gutle (Schnapper) von Rothschild
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Schönche Jeannette (Rothschild) Worms, Amschel Mayer (Rothschild) von Rothschild, Salomon Mayer (Rothschild) von Rothschild, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Isabella (Rothschild) Sichel, Babette Rothschild, Kalman Mayer (Rothschild) von Rothschild, Julie (Rothschild) Beyfus, Henriette (Rothschild) Montefiore and Jakob Mayer (Rothschild) de Rothschild
Died
at age 68
in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Deutschland
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Biography
Mayer Rothschild has Jewish Roots.
Mayer Rothschild is Notable.
Mayer Amschel Rothschild was a German banker and the founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty. Referred to as the "founding father of international finance," Rothschild was ranked seventh on the Forbes magazine list of "The Twenty Most Influential Businessmen of All Time" in 2005.[1]
Meyer Amschel Rothschild was born in 1744 in the "Judengasse", the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt am Main, Holy Roman Empire, one of eight children of Amschel Moses Rothschild (d. 1755) and his wife Schönche Rothschild (née Lechnich, d. 1756).
The ancestry of the Rothschilds can be traced back to 1577 to Izaak Elchanan Rothschild, whose name derived from the house he occupied in the Judengasse—zum roten Schild ("at the sign of the red shield"). His grandchildren and descendents took this name as the family name and kept it when they relocated in 1664 to another house in the Judengasse—Hinterpfann (literally "house in the back of the saucepan")—which became the family's home and business location through to the early 19th century.
Amschel's father had a business in goods-trading and currency exchange. He was a personal supplier of coins to the Prince of Hesse.
Meyer Amschel Rothschild's descendants furthered the family fortune across Europe—the "five arrows" of banking. Eldest son Amschel Mayer took over the Frankfurt bank and Salomon moved to Vienna. Nathan turned the London branch into one of Europe's most powerful banking institutions (N. M. Rothschild & Sons), Calmann (gentrified to "Carl") set up a branch in Naples and Jacob ("James") opened de Rothschild Frères, becoming a giant of finance in Paris.
Sources
- ↑ Mayer Amschel Rothschild at Wikipedia
See also:
- Wikipedia: Mayer Amschel Rothschild
- Wikidata: Item Q76988, en:Wikipedia
- Find A Grave: Memorial #20830886
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