The Rothschild Dynasty

  The Rothschild name is behind many of the conspiracy theories out there. I will try to make an outline of the history of this very famous family. 

The Rothschild family as we know it is descended from Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who was born in what is now Frankfurt, Germany. The son of a Jewish money changer and trader Amschel Moses Rothschild, Mayer Amschel Rothschild was the fourth of 8 children, and went on to establish a huge international banking empire.  

Mayer Amschel Rothschild

  By the way Rothschild in German means Red Shield, which was the sign over the family business in Frankfort. He founded his banking business in the 1760’s and from then on his family’s wealth just kept growing. 

He had five sons, and each was sent to five of the most important European financial centers of the time to increase the family business. Of these five sons the two who were the most successful were Nathan Meyer in London and Jacob Meyer in Paris, the other three also obtained great wealth but the London and Paris businesses were by far the largest. 

The Rothschilds are believed to be behind the Illuminati and other secret societies and of a new world order, but this of course has no real proof behind it. 

Their fortune was heavily increased during the eighteenth centuries many European wars as they lent money to both sides and profited accordingly.

Some authors claim that by the mid eighteenth century their wealth was an unbelievable 5 to 6 billion dollars, and seeing as how shrewd they were with their financial dealings and the very many marriages between family members it is not hard to believe they are the richest family that has ever existed even to this day. 

They are heavily invested in banking including owning most of the central banks of the world (of course this is speculation), mining, gold, railroads, art, real estate and too many other ventures to name here.  

One of the many Rothschild Mansions

  They do not show up in many of the wealthiest persons lists mainly because there assets are not public knowledge as they want them to be. Some people consider them to be worth somewhere around 500 trillion dollars, this I think just is not true, but given there are hundreds of Rothschilds and all of them are wealthy it is fair to say no other family comes close to their wealth. 

They also have invested heavily in the creation of the state of Israel, so they are benefactors of the Jewish state, my grandfather was Jewish so I see nothing wrong there, even though I don’t agree with all the policies of Israel. 

Anyway this is just a small introduction on the wealthiest family on earth, and also one of the most mysterious ones.