Mayer Carl de Rothschild

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Mayer Carl Freiherr von Rothschild (5 August 1820 – 16 October 1886) was a German Jewish banker and politician, as well as scion of the Rothschild family.[1]

Born in Frankfurt to Adelheid (née Herz) and Carl Mayer von Rothschild, he studied law at the University of Göttingen and the University of Berlin before joining the family banking firm in Frankfurt. After the death of his father, and his uncle Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Mayer Carl and his brother Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild became heads of the firm.

In 1871, he became the first Jewish member of the House of Lords of Prussia.

Born in Frankfurt to Adelheid (née Herz) and Carl Mayer von Rothschild, he studied law at the University of Göttingen and the University of Berlin before joining the family banking firm in Frankfurt. After the death of his father, and his uncle Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Mayer Carl and his brother Wilhelm Carl von Rothschild became heads of the firm.

He married Louise von Rothschild (de) in 1842. The couple had seven daughters:

Adèle von Rothschild (de) (1843–1922), married to Salomon James de Rothschild (1835–1864) in 1862 Emma Louise von Rothschild (1844–1935), married to Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1840–1915) in 1867 Clementine Henriette von Rothschild (1845–1865) Thérèse von Rothschild (1847–1931), married to Nathan James Eduard de Rothschild (1844–1881) in 1871 Hannah Luise von Rothschild (de) (1850–1892) Margaretha Alexandrine von Rothschild (1855–1905), married to Antoine Alfred Agénor de Gramont, 11th Duke of Gramont (fr) (1851–1925) in 1878 Bertha Clara von Rothschild (1862–1903), married to Louis Philippe Marie Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince of Wagram (1836–1911) in 1882 In 1871, Rothschild became the first Jewish member of the House of Lords of Prussia.