Mayer Amschel Rothschild

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Mayer Amschel Rothschild, birth 23 Feb 1744 Frankfurt am Main, died 19 Sep 1812 Frankfurt am Main, son of Amschel Moses Rothschild and Schoenche Rothschild to:
Guttie Schnapper, birth 1770, died 1812

1) Schoenche Jeannette Rothschild, birth 20 Aug 1771, died 1859 to:
Benedikt Moses Worms

2) Amschel "Anselm" Mayer, birth 12 Jun 1773, died 6 Dec 1855

3) Salomon Mayer von Rotschild, birth 1774, died 1855 to:
NN

4) Nathan Mayer, birth 16 Sep 1777, died 18 Jul 1836
In 1798, at the age of 21, he settled in Manchester and established a business in textile trading and finance, later moving to London, England and making a fortune in trading bills of exchange through a banking enterprise begun in 1805.
In 1816, his two elder brothers were granted noble status (Freiherr or Baron) by the Emperor of Austria . They were now permitted to prefix the Rothschild name with von or de. Their device of four arrows became five when in 1818 Nathan too was el evated, although he chose not to use his aristocratic title Nathan Mayer, Freiherr von Rothschild
Married London to:
Hannah Barent-Cohen, birth 1783, died 1850, daughter of Levi Barent-Cohen and Lydia Diamantschleifer

5) Isabella Rothschild, birth 2 Jul 1784, died 1861

6) Babette Rothschild, birth 29 Aug 1784, died 16 MRT 1869

7) Calmann "Carl" Mayer Rothschild, birth 24 Apr 1788, died 10 MRT 1855

8) Julie Rothschild, birth 1 MEI 1790, died 19 JunE 1815

9) Henriette ("Jette") Jeanette Rothschild, birth 1791, died 1866
Married 1815 to:
Abraham Montefiore, birth 1788, died 1824, son of Joseph Elias Montefiore and Rachel Abraham Mocatta

10) Baron James de Rothschild, birth 1792, died 1868
Married 11 JulY 1824 Franfurt am Main to:
Betty Salomon de Rothschild, birth 1805, died 1886, daughter of Salomon Mayer von Rotschild and NN

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