Amschel Mayer Rothschild
Amschel Mayer von Rothschild | |
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Portrait by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim | |
| Born | 12 June 1773 |
| Died | 6 December 1855 (aged 82) Frankfurt |
| Occupation | Banker |
| Title | Freiherr |
| Father | Mayer Amschel Rothschild |
| Relatives | Rothschild family |
Amschel Mayer Freiherr[a] von Rothschild (12 June 1773 – 6 December 1855) was a German Jewish banker of the prominent Rothschild family. He was the second child and eldest son of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), the founder of the dynasty, and Gutlé Rothschild (née Schnapper; 1753–1849).
On the death of Mayer Amschel in 1812,[1] Amschel Mayer succeeded as head of the bank M. A. Rothschild & Söhne in Frankfurt, his brothers having been dispatched to set up banking houses in Paris, London, Naples, and Vienna.[2] As Amschel Mayer died childless, his nephews (Anselm, son of Salomon, and Mayer Carl and Wilhelm Carl, sons of Carl) assumed responsibility for the business from 1855.
In 1817, he was ennobled by Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, as Amschel Mayer von Rothschild, and he became a Freiherr (baron) in 1822. Amschel Mayer Rothschild was close to Orthodox Jewish circles, and he was referred to by Eastern European Jews as "the pious Rothschild" (Yiddish: der frummer Rothschild).[3]
Honours
- Commander of the Order of Leopold.[4]
Notes
- ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Baron. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.
References
- ^ Weintraub, Stanley (2003). Charlotte and Lionel: A Rothschild Love Story. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743226868.
- ^ Livingstone, Natalie (11 November 2021). The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous Dynast (1st ed.). United Kingdom: John Murray Press. ISBN 9781529366716.
- ^ Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Aaron (1999). Epstein, Joseph (ed.). The Rav: The World of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Vol. 2. KTAV Publishing House. p. 85. ISBN 978-0881256154.
- ^ RD of 23.06.1838