Ancestry of
Mayer Amschel Rothschild

Founder, Rothschild Dynasty

Maÿer Amschel von Rothschild

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Amschel Moses Rothschild 
  • Mother:
  • Schönchen Lechnich   
  • Birth Date:
  • 23 Feb 1744 
  • Birth Location:
  • Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 19 Sep 1812 
  • Death Location:
  • Frankfurt, Germany 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Jüdischer Friedhof Battonnstraße, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany 
  • Notes: 

  • Mayer Amschel Rothschild is the founder of the Rothschild financial dynasty.

• Marriages for Maÿer Amschel von Rothschild

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  • Spouse:
  • Gütle Schnapper
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Aug 1770

• Sources for Maÿer Amschel von Rothschild

  • ¹ Germany, Select Deaths and Burials, 1582-1958, Death record for spouse Gutle Von Rothschild.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/04/2020).
  • ³ Hesse, Germany, Deaths, 1851-1958 (Hessen, Deutschland, ausgewählte Sterberegister, 1851-1958), Death record for son Carl Meÿer Von Rothschild.
  • ⁴ Rhineland, Prussia, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1533-1950, Marriage record for son Carl von Rothschild and Adelheid Herz.
  • ⁵ Singer, Isidore, ed., The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish . . ., New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls Company (1901-1906), Vol. 10, pp. 490-492 .
  • ⁶ Wikipedia, "Mayer Amschel Rothschild", (accessed 04/03/2020).