Mayer Carl von Rothschild
Mayer Carl Freiherr von Rothschild | |
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Mayer Carl von Rothschild, date unknown | |
Born | (1820-08-05)5 August 1820 Naples[1] |
Died | 16 October 1886(1886-10-16) (aged 66) |
Nationality | German |
Occupation | Banker |
Spouse | Louise von Rothschild |
Children | Adèle von Rothschild [de] Emma Louise von Rothschild Thérèse von Rothschild Hannah Luise von Rothschild [de] Margaretha Alexandrine von Rothschild Bertha Clara von Rothschild |
Parent(s) | Carl Mayer von Rothschild Adelheid Herz |
Mayer Carl Freiherr von Rothschild (5 August 1820 – 16 October 1886) was a German Jewish banker and politician, as well as scion of the Rothschild family.[2]
Early life
Born in Frankfurt on 5 August 1820. He was a son of Adelheid (née Herz) and Carl Mayer von Rothschild.[3] Among his siblings were Charlotte (wife of Lionel de Rothschild), Adolphe Carl [fr], Wilhelm Carl (1828–1901), and Anselm Alexander Carl, who died young.[4]
He studied law at the University of Göttingen and the University of Berlin.[5]
Career
After studying law, he joined the family banking firm M. A. Rothschild & Söhne in Frankfurt. Following the death of their uncle Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Mayer Carl and his brother Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild became heads of the firm.[6]
In 1854, the firm was made Banker to the Court of Prussia. He was appointed the Duchy of Parma consulship in Frankfurt, Consul of Bavaria and Austrian Consul-General and, in 1866, he took part in a Frankfurt delegation to Berlin to demand a reduction in the contribution to the war effort, was a deputy in the North German Diet, a member of the German Reichstag and took a seat on the Frankfurt city parliament.[5]
In 1871, Rothschild became the first Jewish member of the House of Lords of Prussia.[5]
Personal life
On 6 April 1842, Rothschild married his cousin Louise von Rothschild [de] at the London synagogue in Duke's Place.[4] Together, the couple had seven daughters:[7][4]
- Adèle von Rothschild [de] (1843–1922), married to Salomon James de Rothschild (1835–1864) in 1862.
- Emma Louise von Rothschild (1844–1935), married to Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1840–1915) in 1867.
- Clementine Henriette von Rothschild (1845–1865)
- Thérèse von Rothschild (1847–1931), married to James Edouard de Rothschild (1844–1881) in 1871.
- Hannah Luise von Rothschild [de] (1850–1892).
- Marguerite de Rothschild [fr] (1855–1905), married to Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont, 11th Duke of Gramont [fr] (1851–1925), a son of Agenor, 10th Duke of Gramont, in 1878.[8]
- Bertha Clara von Rothschild (1862–1903), married to Louis Philippe Marie Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram (1836–1911), a son of Napoléon Alexandre Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram, in 1882.[9]
Rothschild died on 16 October 1886.[5]
References
- ^ "Mayer Karl, Freiherr von Rothschild : Genealogics".
- ^ Hoffmann, Hilmar (2004). Die großen Frankfurter: Ehrwürdige Bürger und Ehrenbürger (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Societäts-Verlag. pp. 65–68. ISBN 978-3-7973-0928-0.
- ^ Nasar, Sylvia (23 January 2000). "Masters of the Universe". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ a b c Baader, Benjamin Maria (2006). Gender, Judaism, and Bourgeois Culture in Germany, 1800-1870. Indiana University Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-253-34734-3. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Mayer Carl (Charles) von Rothschild (1820-1886)". family.rothschildarchive.org. Rothschild Family. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Ferguson, Niall (1999). The House of Rothschild: Volume 1: Money's Prophets: 1798-1848. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-101-15730-5. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ Weintraub, Stanley (2003). Charlotte and Lionel: A Rothschild Love Story. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-2686-8. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
- ^ "Duchesse de Gramont Dead". The New York Times. 26 July 1905. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ August 2018: Portrait of a ‘Princess’: Bertha Clara von Rothschild by Ellis William Roberts, 1890, The Rothschild Archive (accessed 4 August 2020)
External links
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