Anselm von Rothschild
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Anselm Salomon von Rothschild, baron (January 29, 1803 – July 27, 1874) was an Austrian banker, and a member of the Vienna branch
Rothschild banking family of Austria
The Rothschild banking family of Austria was founded by Salomon Mayer von Rothschild in 1820 in Vienna in what was then the Austrian Empire.-History:...

 of the Rothschild family
Rothschild family
The Rothschild family , known as The House of Rothschild, or more simply as the Rothschilds, is a Jewish-German family that established European banking and finance houses starting in the late 18th century...

.
He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany to baron Salomon Mayer von Rothschild
Salomon Mayer von Rothschild
Salomon Mayer von Rothschild was a German-born banker in the Austrian Empire and the founder of the Viennese branch of the prominent Mayer Amschel Rothschild family....

 (1774-1855) and his wife Caroline (1782-1854).
In 1826 he married his cousin Charlotte Nathan Rothschild (1807-1859), daughter of Nathan Mayer Rothschild
Nathan Mayer Rothschild
Nathan Mayer, Freiherr von Rothschild , known as Nathan Mayer Rothschild, was a London financier and one of the founders of the international Rothschild family banking dynasty...

 (1777-1836) from the London branch
Rothschild banking family of England
The Rothschild banking family of England was founded in 1798 by Nathan Mayer von Rothschild who first settled in Manchester but then moved to London. Nathan was sent there from his home in Frankfurt by his father, Mayer Amschel Rothschild...

 of the family; they had eight children:
  • Mayer (1827-1828)
  • Julie (1830-1907)
  • Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild
    Mathilde Hannah von Rothschild
    Hannah Mathilde Rothschild was a German patron in the Jewish faith....

     (1832-1924)
  • Luise (1834-1924)
  • Nathaniel Anselm
    Nathaniel Anselm von Rothschild
    Nathaniel Mayer Anselm von Rothschild was a member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria.Born in Vienna, he was the fifth child and first son of Anselm von Rothschild and Charlotte von Rothschild . As the eldest male, he was expected to take over the running of the family's Viennese bank, S...

     (1836-1905)
  • Ferdinand James
    Ferdinand James von Rothschild
    Ferdinand James Anselm Freiherr von Rothschild was an English art collector, and a member of the prominent Rothschild family of bankers...

     (1839-1898)
  • Albert Salomon
    Albert Salomon von Rothschild
    Albert Salomon von Rothschild was a banker in Austria-Hungary and a member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria. Businesses that he owned included Creditanstalt and the Northern Railway.-Personal life:...

     (1844-1911)
  • Alice Charlotte
    Alice Charlotte von Rothschild
    Alice Charlotte von Rothschild was a socialite and member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of Austria. Born in Frankfurt, she was the eighth and youngest child of Anselm von Rothschild and Charlotte Rothschild...

     (1847-1922)


Anselm Salomon was involved in the creation of the Austrian Creditanstalt
Creditanstalt
The Creditanstalt was an Austrian bank. The Creditanstalt was based in Vienna, founded in 1855 as K. k. priv. Österreichische Credit-Anstalt für Handel und Gewerbe by the Rothschild family...

. As a philanthropist, he founded the Rothschild Hospital
Rothschild Hospital
The Rothschild Hospital was founded in 1869 by Baron Anselm von Rothschild in Vienna, Austria. It served as a clinic for neurological disorders, with among others Viktor Frankl as its leaders. After World War II, it was a hospital for sick and infirm displaced persons in the American zone of...

. He was also a prominent art collector.
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