page_title: Rothschild family
section_title: Prominent descendants of Mayer Amschel Rothschild
hierarchical_section_title: Rothschild family / Prominent descendants of Mayer Amschel Rothschild
caption_attribution_description: English: Bertha-Clara von Rothschild pastel on paper 59,5 x 44,5 cm signed t.r.: Ellis Roberts '90
context_page_description: The Rothschild family is a wealthy Jewish family originally from Frankfurt that rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild, a court factor to the German Landgraves of Hesse-Kassel in the Free City of Frankfurt, Holy Roman Empire, who established his banking business in the 1760s. Unlike most previous court factors, Rothschild managed to bequeath his wealth and established an international banking family through his five sons, who established businesses in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Vienna, and Naples. The family was elevated to noble rank in the Holy Roman Empire and the United Kingdom. The family's documented history starts in 16th century Frankfurt; its name is derived from the family house, Rothschild, built by Isaak Elchanan Bacharach in Frankfurt in 1567.
  During the 19th century, the Rothschild family possessed the largest private fortune in the world, as well as in modern world history. The family's wealth declined over the 20th century, and was divided among many various descendants. Today their interests cover a diverse range of fields, including financial services, real estate, mining, energy, mixed farming, winemaking and nonprofits.
context_section_description: Prominent lineal descendants of Mayer Amschel Rothschild include among many others:
  Major Alexander Karet (1905–1976)
  Adeleheid von Rothschild (1853–1935) x 1877 : Edmond de Rothschild (1845–1934) (see the Paris branch)
  Almina Herbert, Countess of Carnarvon (15 August 1876 – 8 May 1969)
  Prince Alexandre Louis Philippe Marie Berthier (1883–1918), died fighting in the First World War
  Albert Salomon von Rothschild (1844–1911), former majority shareholder of Creditanstalt
  Alfred Charles de Rothschild (20 July 1842 – 31 January 1918)
  Alice Charlotte von Rothschild (1847–1922) close friend of Queen Victoria
  Aline Caroline de Rothschild (1867–1909), French socialite
  Alice Rothschild (born 1983), wife of Zac Goldsmith, after his divorce of Sheherazade Ventura-Bentley
  Lady Aline Caroline Cholmondeley (born 1916)
  Baroness Afdera Franchetti (born c. 1931), a former wife of Henry Fonda, from the noble Italian Jewish Franchetti family
  Baroness Alix Hermine Jeannette Schey de Koromla (1911–1982)
  Alphonse James de Rothschild (1827–1905)
  Amschel Mayor James Rothschild (1955–1996, Paris), patron of motor racing
  Princess Andréa de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (born Paris 1972)
  Anthony Gustav de Rothschild (1887–1961), horse-breeder
  Anthony James de Rothschild (born 1977)
  Anselm von Rothschild (1803–1874), Austrian banker
  Anselm Alexander Carl de Rothschild (1835–1854)
  Sir Anthony de Rothschild, 1st Baronet (1810–1876)
  Antoine Armand Odélric Marie Henri de Gramont, 13th Duke of Gramont (born 1951)
  Alain de Rothschild (1910–1982)
  Lady Barbara Marie-Louise Constance Berry (born 1935)
  Ariane de Rothschild
  Arthur de Rothschild (1851–1903)
  Benjamin de Rothschild (born 1963, Paris)
  Princess Béatrice de Broglie (born 1913)
  Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild (1864–1934)
  Bethsabée de Rothschild (1914–1999)
  Carl Mayer von Rothschild (1788–1855)
  Cécile Léonie Eugénie Gudule Lucie de Rothschild (1913–1995)
  Charlotte de Rothschild
  Charlotte Henriette de Rothschild (born 1955), British opera singer
  Charlotte von Rothschild (1818–84)
  Count Charles-Emmanuel Lannes de Montebello (born 1942)
  Charles Rothschild (1877–1923), banker and entomologist
  Constance Flower, 1st Baroness of Battersea (1843–1931)
  David Cholmondeley, 7th Marquess of Cholmondeley (born 1960), Lord Great Chamberlain of England
  David Mayer de Rothschild (born 1978), billionaire British adventurer and environmentalist
  David René de Rothschild (born 1942)
  Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild (1926–1997)
  Edouard Etienne de Rothschild (born 1957)
  Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (1868–1949) financier and polo player
  Prince Edouard de La Tour d'Auvergne-Lauraguais (born 1949)
  Edmond James de Rothschild (1845–1934)
  Edmund Leopold de Rothschild (1916–2009)
  Elie de Rothschild (1917–2007)
  Princess Elisabeth de Broglie (born 1920)
  Emma Rothschild (born 1948)
  Esther de Rothschild (born 1979)
  Evelina de Rothschild (1839–66)
  Evelyn Achille de Rothschild (1886–1917), died fighting for the British Army in the First World War
  Sir Evelyn de Rothschild (born 1931), banker
  Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, M.P. (1839–1898)
  Count Gabriel Antoine Armand (1908–1943), a soldier of the French Resistance.
  Gustave Samuel de Rothschild (1829–1911)
  Guy de Rothschild (1909–2007)
  Hannah Primrose, Countess of Rosebery née Hannah Rothschild (1851–1890)
  Hannah Mary Rothschild (born 1962), documentary filmmaker
  Helene Cecile Muhlstein de Rothschild (1936–2007) x 1962 : François Nourissier (1927–2011), président de l'Académie Goncourt
  Henri James de Rothschild (1872–1946), playwright, grandson of Nathaniel de Rothschild
  Henry Herbert, 6th Earl of Carnarvon (1898–1987)
  Duke Hélie Marie Auguste Jacques Bertrand Philippe (1943), 10th Duke of Noailles
  Henriette Rothschild (1791–1866) married Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885)
  Count Henri de Gramont (1909–1994)
  Hugh Cholmondeley, 6th Marquess of Cholmondeley (1919–90), Lord Great Chamberlain of England
  Jacqueline de Rothschild (1911–2012) x (1) 1930; Robert Calmann-Lévy (1899–1982) puis x (2) 1937; Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976)
  James Amschel Victor Rothschild (born 1985)
  James Armand de R
caption: Bertha-Clara von Rothschild (Princess of Wagram) (Ellis William Roberts, 1890)
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