Rothschild family
The Rothschild family is a wealthy Jewish family originally from Frankfurt. It rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild, a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel. Unlike most previous court factors, Rothschild managed to bequeath his wealth and established an international banking family through his five sons. During the 19th century, the Rothschild family possessed the largest private...
