Amschel Mayer Rothschild
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Amschel Mayer Rothschild (12 June 1773 – 6 December 1855) was a German Jewish banker of the Rothschild family financial dynasty.
He was the second child and eldest son of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), the founder of the dynasty, and Gutlé Rothschild née Schnapper (1753-1849).
He was appointed by his father to head the Rothschild interests in Frankfurt-am-Main, while his brothers were dispatched to set up banking houses in Paris, London, Naples and Vienna.
He was ennobled as Amschel Mayer von Rothschild.
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