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![Show Contents]() Rothschild History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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The name Rothschild is denotes at the "red sign" at the "old house on the Upper Rhine." [1] At times, "red" was in reference to a "red shield" or in Yiddish a "red coat." Early Origins of the Rothschild familyThe surname Rothschild was first found in Speyer, a city in Rhineland-Palatinate region of Germany. Here Hartmut zum Rotenschite or Rotschilt was recorded in 1313. At about the same time, the name Rotscilt was registered in Lübeck, a city in Northern Germany in 1338. [1] The famed Rothschild banking family were originally from Frankfurt. Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812), a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, established his banking business in the 1760s. His five sons established businesses in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Vienna, and Naples. Early History of the Rothschild familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Rothschild research. Another 90 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1715, 1710, 1755, 1744 and 1812 are included under the topic Early Rothschild History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Rothschild Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Rothstein, Rothenstein, Rothmaler, Rothenmaler, Roddenstein, Rodenmaler, Rodstein, Rotstein, Rochstein, Roytenstein, Roitenstein, Roitstein, Rojtenstein, Reitenstein, Ruttenstein, Ruthstein, Routenstein and many more. Early Notables of the Rothschild family (pre 1700)Notables with the name Rothschild during this period were Amschel Moses Rothschild (c. 1710-1755) was a German Jewish money changer and trader in silk cloth in the Judengasse, the Jewish ghetto of the Free...
Another 33 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Rothschild Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Rothschild RankingIn the United States, the name Rothschild is the 11,964th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [2]
 Rothschild migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Rothschild Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Caroline Rothschild, aged 26, who arrived in New York, NY in 1848 [3]
- Leopold Rothschild, aged 18, who arrived in New York, NY in 1848 [3]
- Ressa Rothschild, aged 34, who landed in New York, NY in 1848 [3]
- Samuel Rothschild, who arrived in New Jersey in 1854 [3]
- Care Rothschild, aged 19, who landed in New York in 1854 [3]
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Rothschild Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- Max Rothschild, who arrived in Mississippi in 1901 [3]
| Contemporary Notables of the name Rothschild (post 1700) | + |
- Meyer Amschel Rothschild (1743-1812), founder of the Rothschild family banking empire
- Sir Evelyn Robert Adrian de Rothschild FKC (1931-2022), British financier and a member of the Rothschild family
- Mrs. Hannah Mary Rothschild C.B.E. (b. 1962), British writer and filmmaker, Business Woman and Philanthropist, appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 8th June 2018, for services to the Arts and to Charity [4]
- Benjamin de Rothschild (1963-2021), French banker, owner of the Edmond de Rothschild Group since 1997
- Baron Philippe de Rothschild (1902-1988), French member of the Rothschild banking dynasty, Grand Prix race-car driver, screenwriter and playwright, theatrical producer, film producer, poet and vintner
- Philippine Mathilde Camille de Rothschild (1933-2014), French owner of the French winery Château Mouton Rothschild
- James Mayer de Rothschild (1792-1868), French banker, the original founder of the French branch of the Rothschild family
- Nathan Mayer Rothschild GCVO PC (1840-1915), 1st Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, a British banker and politician
- Lionel Walter Rothschild FRS (1868-1937), 2nd Baron Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild, scion of the Rothschild family, a British banker, politician, and zoologist
- David Lionel de Rothschild (b. 1955), British horticulturist
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| Historic Events for the Rothschild family | + |
- Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Anne Rothschild, (née Barrett), aged 54, American First Class passenger from New York City, New York who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and survived the sinking escaping in life boat 6 [5]
- Mr. Martin Rothschild (d. 1912), aged 46, American First Class passenger from New York City, New York who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking [5]
- Bahlow, Hans, Dictionary of German Names. translated by Edda Gentry, Wisconsin: The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, 2002. Print. (ISBN 0-924119-35-7)
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- "Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62507, 28 December 2018 | London Gazette, The Gazette, Dec. 2018, www.thegazette.co.uk/honours-lists
- Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html
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