Rothschilds

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1. A family of European financiers and bankers active since the eighteenth century. The Rothschilds had spectacular success in governmental finance in the nineteenth century, supporting, for example, the British against the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The family is spread through several nations to this day.

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Rothschilds

By the time Edmond arrived, in France in 1845, the Rothschilds were already a cross-Continental dynasty, serving as bankers to emperors, financiers of governments, and political architects of modern Europe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

The Rothschilds long dominated European banking, with the family’s English and French branches playing major roles in finance and politics, most notably during the 18th and 19th centuries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024

The Rothschilds financed the British Army in the Napoleonic Wars and later the purchase of the Suez Canal.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 10, 2022

But after the group of bankers, which included the Rothschilds, took its commissions, Haiti got only 24 million francs.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2022

With that event the latter day history of the Rothschilds begins.

From Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country by Escott, T. H. S. (Thomas Hay Sweet)