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In the 19th century members of the English Rothschild family bought and built many country houses in the home counties, furnishing them with the art the family collected. The area of the Vale of Aylesbury, where many of the houses were situated, became known as "Rothchildshire". In the 20th century many of these properties were sold off with ...
The Rothschild family originated from Frankfurt. The family rose to prominence with Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who established his banking business in the 1760s. [1] Rothschild was able to establish an international banking family through his five sons, [2] who established businesses in Paris, Frankfurt, London, Vienna, and Naples.
The Rothschild family (/ ˈ r ɒ θ (s) tʃ aɪ l d / ROTH(S)-chylde German: [ˈʁoːt.ʃɪlt]) is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish noble banking family originally from Frankfurt.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.
Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England.Owned by the National Trust and managed by the Rothschild Foundation, it is one of the National Trust's most visited properties, with over 463,000 visitors in 2019.
Palais Albert Rothschild; Palais Nathaniel Rothschild; Palais Rothschild; Palais Rothschild (Metternichgasse) Palais Rothschild (Prinz-Eugen-Straße) Palais Rothschild (Renngasse) Château de Pregny; Princes Risborough Manor House
It was inherited by James's son, Edmond James de Rothschild. [2] After Edmond's death in 1934, the Rothschild family no longer lived at the château, even though his daughter, Alexandrine de Rothschild, took care of the grounds surrounding it. [2] During World War II, the château was taken over by the Kriegsmarine, the Nazi Navy. [2]
The Rothschild banking family of France (French: Famille banquière Rothschild) is the French branch of the Rothschild family. It was founded in 1812 by James Mayer de Rothschild (1792–1868) in Paris, which was then part of the First French Empire. He was sent there from his home in Frankfurt by his father, Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744 ...
Rothschild ownership of the Château de Ferrières was passed down through the male line according to the rule of primogeniture, until it was donated by the family in 1975 to the University of Paris. Considered to be the largest and most luxurious 19th-century château in France, it can be reached from Rue Rucherie in the town of Ferrières-en ...