Amschel Moses Rothschild Family Tree
“Patriarch of the Judengasse”
Biography
Biography
Amschel Moses Rothschild was a Jewish merchant and money changer living in the Judengasse (Jewish ghetto) of Frankfurt am Main. He operated a small shop dealing in rare coins, metals, and silks. His establishment bore a sign with a red shield (zum rothen Schild), which gave the family its enduring surname.
He died during a smallpox epidemic in 1755, leaving his young son Mayer Amschel orphaned at age eleven.
Amschel Moses Rothschild’s Immediate Family
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How Amschel Moses Rothschild Is Related to the Rothschild Family Tree
- Amschel Moses Rothschild is the father of Gutle Schnapper's husband, Mayer Amschel Rothschild. View Gutle Schnapper
- Amschel Moses Rothschild is Nathan Mayer Rothschild's grandfather. View Nathan Mayer Rothschild
- Amschel Moses Rothschild is Kalman (Carl) Mayer von Rothschild's grandfather. View Kalman (Carl) Mayer von Rothschild
- Amschel Moses Rothschild is Lionel Nathan de Rothschild's great-grandfather. View Lionel Nathan de Rothschild
- Amschel Moses Rothschild is Jakob (James) Mayer de Rothschild's grandfather. View Jakob (James) Mayer de Rothschild
- Amschel Moses Rothschild is Betty von Rothschild's great-grandfather. View Betty von Rothschild
- Amschel Moses Rothschild is Alphonse James de Rothschild's great-grandfather. View Alphonse James de Rothschild
- Amschel Moses Rothschild is Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild's 4× great-grandfather. View Victor Rothschild, 3rd Baron Rothschild