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Rothschild family

The Rothschild family are a successful banking and finance family.

Their success began with Mayer Amschel Rothschild[?] (1744-1812), born in Frankfurt-am-Main he developed a finance house and spread his empire by installing each of his five sons in European cities to conduct business. The sons were:

Amschel[?] (1773-1855) - Frankfurt
Nathan[?] (1777-1836) - London
Jakob[?] (1791-1868) - Paris
Saloman[?] (1774-1855) - Vienna
Kalmann[?] (1788-1855) - Naples

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