Amschel Mayer Freiherr[1] von Rothschild (12 June 1773 – 6 December 1855) was a German Jewish banker of the prominent Rothschild family.

He was the second child and eldest son of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744–1812), the founder of the dynasty, and Gutlé Rothschild née Schnapper (1753–1849).

On the death of Mayer Amschel in 1812,[2] Amschel Mayer succeeded as head of the bank M. A. Rothschild & Söhne in Frankfurt, his brothers having been dispatched to set up banking houses in Paris, London, Naples, and Vienna.

He was ennobled as Amschel Mayer von Rothschild in 1817, and he became a Freiherr (baron) in 1822.

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