Descendants of Mayer Amschel Rothschild

The Frankfurt banking dynasty Rothschild ruled the European financial market in the 19th century. Its founder was Mayer Amschel Rothschild . His five sons were ennobled in 1817 and raised to the status of Austrian baron in 1822. They founded important branches of this dynasty in foreign metropolises.

"The Rothschild World House"

First generation: sons and daughters of MA Rothschild

Mayer Amschel Rothschild initially worked in the coin and antiques trade and founded the MA Rothschild & Sons banking house .

• Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), banker
  founder of the dynasty
  ⚭ 1770: Gutle Schnapper (1753–1849)
  • Schönche Jeanette Rothschild (1771–1859)
    ⚭ 1795: Benedikt Moses Worms (1772–1824)
    founder of the branch “von Worms” (no bearers of the name “Rothschild”)
  • Amschel Mayer von Rothschild (1773–1855), banker
    ⚭ 1796: Eva Hanau (1779–1848)
    sole representative of the Frankfurt branch (without descendants)
  • Salomon Meyer von Rothschild (1774–1855), banker and
    founder of the Vienna branch
  • Nathan Mayer von Rothschild (1777–1836), banker and
    founder of the London branch
  • Carl Mayer von Rothschild (1788–1855), banker,
    founder of the Neapolitan branch
  • Henriette Rothschild (1791–1866)
    ⚭ 1815: Abraham Montefiore (1788–1824), banker
    founder of the Montefiore branch (no bearer of the name “Rothschild”)
    Partly connected to the London line
  • James de Rothschild (1792–1868), banker
    founder of the Paris branch

Branch "von Worms": descendants of Jeanette Rothschild

Rothschild's first child was a daughter, Schönche Jeanette. She married the banker Benedikt Moses Worms in 1795 and had a son with him, Salomon Benedikt. Your great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter, Bettina Rheims , is a well-known photographer today.

• Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), banker
  founder of the dynasty
  ⚭ 1770: Gutle Schnapper (1753–1849)
  • Schönche Jeanette Rothschild (1771–1859)
    ⚭ 1795: Benedikt Moses Worms (1772–1824)
    founder of the von Worms line
    • Salomon Benedikt von Worms (1801–1882)
      ⚭ 1827: Henriette Samuel (1810–1845)
      • Ellen Henriette von Worms (1836–1894)
        ⚭ 1857: Adolf Landauer (1829–1885)
        • Evelina Landauer (1859–1930)
          ⚭ 1878: Philipp Schey von Koromla (1854–1922)
          • Philipp Schey von Koromla (1881–1929)
            ⚭ (2) 1921: Else Eckersberg (1895–1989)
            • Alix Schey von Koromla (1911–1982)
              ⚭ (1) 1929: Kurt Krahmer (1900–1936)
              • Lili Krahmer (1930–1996)
                ⚭ (1) 1951–1980: Maurice Rheims (1910–2003)
                ( Académie française )
                • Bettina Rheims (* 1951), photographer
                • Nathalie Rheims (* 1959), film producer
            • ⚭ (2) 1937–1956 Guy de Rothschild (1909–2007)

Vienna branch: descendants of Salomon Rothschild

Salomon Rothschild

While Rothschild's eldest son, Amschel Mayer Rothschild , took over his father’s parent company in Frankfurt, the second son, Salomon, founded the Dépendance SM v. Rothschild in Austria. Salomon and his wife Caroline had two children, Anselm and Betty. Betty married her Parisian uncle James at the age of 19 and Anselm married his London niece Charlotte at 23. Anselm and Charlotte had two daughters, both of whom were married to Naples cousins, and a son, Nathaniel Meyer, who remained childless.

• Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), banker
  founder of the dynasty
  ⚭ 1770: Gutle Schnapper (1753–1849)
  • Salomon Meyer von Rothschild (1774–1855), banker,
    founder of the Vienna branch
    ⚭ Caroline Stern (1782–1854)
    • Anselm Salomon von Rothschild (1803–1874)
      ⚭ 1826: Charlotte von Rothschild (1807–1859)
      (see London branch)
      • Julie von Rothschild (1830–1907)
        ⚭ 1850: Adolph Carl von Rothschild (1823–1900)
        (see Naples branch)
      • Mathilde von Rothschild (1832–1924)
        ⚭ 1849: Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild (1828–1901)
        (see Naples branch)
      • Nathaniel Meyer von Rothschild (1836–1905)
      • Ferdinand James Anselm von Rothschild (1839–1898)
        ⚭ 1865: Evelina Gertrude de Rothschild (1839–1866)
        (see London branch)
      • Albert Salomon Anselm von Rothschild (1844–1911)
        ⚭ 1876: Bettina Caroline de Rothschild (1858–1892)
        (see Paris branch)
    • Betty Salomon de Rothschild (1805–1886)
      ⚭ 1824: James de Rothschild
      (see Paris branch)

London Branch: Descendants of Nathan Mayer Rothschild

Nathan Mayer Rothschild

Rothschild's son Nathan went to England, first to Manchester , then to London . The banking house he founded, NM Rothschild & Sons , still exists today. Nathan married Hannah Barent Cohen in 1806, with whom he had seven children (four sons and three daughters). With the exception of Hanna Mayer, all of the children in the family married. Nathan's grandson of the same name became First Baron Rothschild.

• Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), banker
  founder of the dynasty
  ⚭ 1770: Gutle Schnapper (1753–1849)
  • Nathan Mayer von Rothschild (1777–1836), banker,
    founder of the London branch
    ⚭ 1806: Hannah Barent Cohen (1783–1850)
    • Charlotte von Rothschild (1807–1859)
      ⚭ 1826: Anselm Salomon von Rothschild (1803–1874)
      (see Vienna branch)
    • Lionel de Rothschild (1808–1879)
      ⚭ 1836: Charlotte von Rothschild (1819–1884)
      (see Naples branch)
      • Leonora von Rothschild (1837–1911)
        ⚭ 1857: Alphonse de Rothschild (1827–1905)
        (see Paris branch)
      • Evelina Gertrude de Rothschild (1839–1866)
        ⚭ 1865: Ferdinand James Anselm von Rothschild (1839–1898)
        (see Vienna branch)
      • Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1840–1915)
        1st Baron Rothschild
        ⚭ 1867: Emma Louise von Rothschild (1844–1935)
        • Lionel Walter Rothschild (1868–1937)
          2nd Baron Rothschild
          with no legitimate offspring
        • Charles Rothschild (1877–1923)
          ⚭ 1907: Rozsika Edle von Wertheimstein (1870–1940)
          • Miriam Rothschild (1908-2005), marine biologist
          • Elizabeth Charlotte Rothschild (1909–1988), called Liberty
          • Victor Rothschild (1910–1990), biologist
            3rd Baron Rothschild
            ⚭ 1933: Barbara Hutchinson (1911–1989)
            • Jacob Rothschild (* 1936), banker
              4th Baron Rothschild
          • Pannonica de Koenigswarter (1913–1988), patron
      • Alfred Charles de Rothschild (1842-1918)
      • Leopold de Rothschild (1845–1917)
        ⚭ 1881: Marie Perugia (1862–1937)
        • Lionel Nathan de Rothschild (1882–1942)
          ⚭ 1912: Marie Louise Eugénie Beer (1892–1975)
          • Rosemary Leonora Ruth de Rothschild (1913-2013)
          • Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916–2009)
          • Naomi Luisa Nina de Rothschild (1920-2007)
          • Leopold David de Rothschild (1927–2012)
        • Evelyn Achille de Rothschild (1886-1917)
        • Anthony Gustav de Rothschild (1887–1961)
    • Anthony de Rothschild (1810–1876)
      ⚭ 1840: Louise Montefiore (1821–1910)
    • Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812–1870)
      ⚭ 1842: Charlotte de Rothschild (1825–1899)
      (see Paris branch)
      • Nathan de Rothschild (1844–1884)
        ⚭ 1871: Laura von Rothschild (1847–1931)
        (see Naples branch)
        • Henri James de Rothschild (1872–1946)
          ⚭ 1895: Mathilde Weissweiller (1872–1926)
          • Philippe de Rothschild (1902–1988)
            ⚭ 1935: Élisabeth Pelletier de Chambure (1902–1945),
            died during deportation to Ravensbrück
            • Philippine de Rothschild (1935–2014)
              shareholder of “Baron Philippe de Rothschild SA”,
              owner of Château Mouton-Rothschild
    • Hanna Mayer de Rothschild (1815–1864)
      ⚭ 1839: Henry FitzRoy (1807–1859)
    • Mayer Amschel de Rothschild (1818–1874)
      ⚭ 1850: Juliana Cohen (1831–1877)
      • Hannah de Rothschild (1851–1890)
        ⚭ 1878: Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847–1929)
    • Louise von Rothschild (1820–1894)
      ⚭ 1842: Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820–1886)
      (see Naples branch)

Naples branch: descendants of Kalman Rothschild

Kalman Rothschild

Kalman, who later called himself Carl Mayer Rothschild, opened the Rothschild banking house in Naples C.M. de Rothschild e figli . With his wife Adelheid he had a daughter and four sons. They married within the family. Mayer Carl and Wilhelm Carl took over the management of the Frankfurt house in 1855, the middle son Adolph managed the branch in Naples until it closed in 1863.

• Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), banker
  founder of the dynasty
  ⚭ 1770: Gutle Schnapper (1753–1849)
  • Carl Mayer von Rothschild (1788–1855), banker,
    founder of the Naples branch
    ⚭ 1818: Adelheid Herz (1800–1853)
    • Charlotte von Rothschild (1819–1884)
      ⚭ 1836: Lionel de Rothschild (1808–1879)
      (see London branch)
    • Mayer Carl von Rothschild (1820–1886)
      ⚭ 1842: Louise von Rothschild (1820–1894)
      (see London branch)
      • Adèle von Rothschild (1843–1922)
        ⚭ 1862: Salomon de Rothschild (1835–1864)
        (see Paris branch)
      • Laura von Rothschild (1847–1931)
        ⚭ 1871: Nathan von Rothschild (1844–1881)
        (see London branch)
      • Hannah Luise von Rothschild (1850-1892)
    • Adolph Carl von Rothschild (1823–1900)
      ⚭ 1850: Julie von Rothschild (1830–1907)
      (see Wiener Zweig)
    • Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild (1828–1901)
      ⚭ 1849: Mathilde von Rothschild (1832–1924)
      (see Vienna branch)
      • Georgine Sara von Rothschild (1851–1869)
      • Adelheid von Rothschild (1853–1935)
        ⚭ 1877: Edmond de Rothschild (1845–1934)
        (see Paris branch)
      • Minna Karoline von Rothschild (1857–1903)
        ⚭ 1878: Maximilian Benedikt von Goldschmidt (1843–1940)
        Frankfurt banker
    • Anselm Alexander Carl von Rothschild (1835-1854)

Paris branch: descendants of Jakob Rothschild

Jakob Rothschild

Rothschild's youngest son Jakob took over the business in Paris. He married his own niece Betty and had five children with her, four of whom were married within the family. Jakob later called himself James de Rothschild .

• Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), banker
  founder of the dynasty
  ⚭ 1770: Gutle Schnapper (1753–1849)
  • James de Rothschild (1792–1868), banker
    founder of the Paris branch
    ⚭ 1824: Betty Salomon de Rothschild (1805–1886)
    • Charlotte de Rothschild (1825–1899)
      ⚭ 1842: Nathaniel de Rothschild (1812–1870)
      (see London branch)
    • Alphonse de Rothschild (1827–1905)
      ⚭ 1857: Leonora von Rothschild (1837–1911)
      (see London branch)
      • Bettina Caroline de Rothschild (1858–1892)
        ⚭ 1876: Albert Salomon Anselm von Rothschild (1844–1911)
        (see Wiener Zweig)
      • René de Rothschild (1861–1861)
      • Béatrice de Rothschild (1864–1934)
        ⚭ 1883: Maurice Ephrussi (1849–1916)
      • Édouard de Rothschild (1868–1949)
        ⚭ 1905: Germaine Alice Halphen (1884–1975)
        • Alphonse de Rothschild (1906-1911)
        • Guy de Rothschild (1909–2007)
          ⚭ 1937: Alix Schey von Koromla (1911–1982)
          (see branch «von Worms»)
          • David René de Rothschild (* 1942)
            ⚭ 1974 Olimpia Aldobrandini (* 1955)
        • ⚭ 1957: Marie-Hélène van Zuylen van Nyevelt (1927–1996)
          see below: great-granddaughter of Salomon de Rothschild
          • Édouard de Rothschild (* 1957)
            ⚭ 1981 Mathilde Moche de la Ferté (* 1952)
            ⚭ 1991 Arielle Marie Malard (* 1963)
        • Jacqueline de Rothschild (1911–2012)
          ⚭ 1930 Robert Calmann-Lévy (1899–1982)
          ⚭ 1937 Grigori Piatigorsky (1903–1976)
    • Gustave de Rothschild (1829–1911)
      ⚭ 1859: Cécile Anspach (1840–1912)
      • Robert Philippe de Rothschild (1880–1946)
        ⚭ 1907: Gabrielle Beer (1886–1945)
        • Diane de Rothschild (1907–1996)
          ⚭ 1932–1952: Anatole Muhlstein (1889–1957)
          • Hélène Cécile Muhlstein (* 1936)
            ⚭ 1962: François Nourissier (1927–2011)
            President of the Académie Goncourt
        • Alain de Rothschild (1910–1982)
          ⚭ 1938 Mary Chauvin de Treuil (* 1916)
          • Éric de Rothschild (* 1940)
            ⚭ 1983 Maria-Béatrice Caracciolo di Forino (* 1955)
        • Elie Robert de Rothschild (1917–2007)
          ⚭ 1941/42 Liliane Fould-Springer (1916–2003)
    • Salomon de Rothschild (1835–1864)
      ⚭ 1862: Adèle von Rothschild (1843–1922)
      (see Naples branch)
      • Hélène de Rothschild (1863–1947)
        ⚭ 1887: Étienne van Zuylen van Nyevelt (1860–1934)
        • Egmont van Zuylen van Nyevelt (1890–1960)
          ⚭ 1927: Marguerite Namétalla (? –1996)
          • Marie-Hélène van Zuylen van Nyevelt (1927–1996)
            ⚭ (2) 1957: Guy de Rothschild (1909–2007)
            (see Paris branch)
    • Edmond de Rothschild (1845–1934)
      ⚭ 1877: Adelheid von Rothschild (1853–1935)
      (see Neapolitan branch)
      • Maurice de Rothschild (1881–1957)
        ⚭ 1909: Noémie Halphen (1888–1968)
        • Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild (1926–1997)
          banker
          ⚭ (2) 1963: Nadine Lhopitalier (* 1932)
          • Benjamin de Rothschild (* 1963)
            Chairman of the LCF Rothschild Group