Tag: Rothschild
Rothschild (German: [ˈʁoːt.ʃɪlt]), meaning “red shield”, is a surname derived from a house distinguished with a red shield (Middle High German rot (or roth)= “red” + schild = “shield”), the earliest recorded example dating from the 13th century. In English-speaking countries it is often pronounced as “Roth’s child”.
The German surname “Rothschild” is not related to the Scottish/Irish surname of “Rothchilds” from the United Kingdom.
The most notable family with this surname are the descendants of Mayer Amschel Rothschild who formed a European financial dynasty that was during the 19th, 20th and 21st century, perhaps the wealthiest family by the scale of their private fortune in modern history.
The name is also the name of many Ashkenazi Jews, who are not related to the famous family:
