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This section attempts to answer the frequent questions we are asked in the Archive about the Rothschild family. We will add information to the page as new topics arise - so please ask us a question…..

 

         

Red Shield and Green Shield

The name Rothschild comes from the house in which the family lived in the sixteenth century….

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Am I a Rothschild?

The Rothschild family featured on this website is descended through the male line from Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812)…

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Rothschild, de Rothschild, von Rothschild

The five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild were placed on the first rung of the nobility by the Austrian Emperor in 1817…

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Five Arrows

The five arrows remain an enduring symbol of the Rothschild name…

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