What is James Mayer de Rothschild?
{{Infobox person | name = James Mayer de Rothschild | image = James de Rothschild.jpg | caption = Portrait by [[Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin]] | birth_name = Jakob Mayer Rothschild | birth_date = {{Birth date|1792|5|15|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Free City of Frankfurt|Frankfurt]], [[Holy Roman Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1868|11|15|1792|5|15|df=y}} | death_place = Paris, [[Second French Empire|France]] | known_for = [[Rothschild banking family of France]]<br />[[Château Lafite Rothschild]] | spouse = {{Marriage|[[Betty de Rothschild|Betty Salomon von Rothschild]]|1824}} | children = [[Charlotte de Rothschild|Charlotte]], [[Alphonse James de Rothschild|Mayer Alphonse]], [[Gustave de Rothschild|Gustave Samuel]], [[Salomon James de Rothschild|Salomon James]], [[Edmond James de Rothschild|Edmond Benjamin]] | parents = [[Mayer Amschel Rothschild]]<br>Guttle Schnapper | awards = [[File:Legion Honneur Chevalier ribbon.svg|35px]] [[Légion d'honneur]]<br>[[Baron of the Holy Roman Empire]] }} '''James Mayer de Rothschild, Baron de Rothschild''' (15 May 1792 – 15 November 1868), born '''Jakob Mayer Rothschild''', was a [[German people|German]]-[[French people|French]] banker. He was the founder of the [[Rothschild banking family of France|French branch]] of the [[Rothschild family]].<ref>Niall Ferguson, ''The House of Rothschild'' (1999) p 87ff.</ref><ref>Muhlstein (1983)</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rothschild, James Mayer de}} [[Category:1792 births]] [[Category:1868 deaths]] [[Category:French philanthropists]] [[Category:French bankers]] [[Category:German bankers]] [[Category:German philanthropists]] [[Category:Legion of Honour]] [[Category:French Jews]] [[Category:German Jews]] [[Category:Rothschild family]]