Albert von Rothschild | |
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Born | October 29, 1844 Vienna, Austrian Empire |
Died | February 11, 1911 Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
Resting place | Zentralfriedhof |
Residence | Palais Albert Rothschild, Vienna |
Occupation | Banker |
Known for | Austro-Hungarian monetary reform, Chess patron/player |
Board member of | S M von Rothschild, Northern Railway |
Spouse(s) | Bettina Caroline de Rothschild (1858–1892) |
Children |
Georg Anselm Alphonse (1877–1934) Charlotte Esther von Rothschild (1879–1885) Ludwig Nathaniel (1882–1955) Eugène Daniel von Rothschild (1884-1976) Valentine Noémi von Rothschild (1886-1969) Oskar von Rothschild (1888–1909) |
Parent(s) | Anselm von Rothschild (1803–1874) and Charlotte von Rothschild (1807–1859) |
Honors |
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Georg Anselm Alphonse (1877–1934)
Albert Salomon Anselm Freiherr von Rothschild (October 29, 1844 – February 11, 1911) was a banker in Austria-Hungary and a member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria. Businesses that he owned included Creditanstalt and the Northern Railway.
Born in Vienna, he was the youngest son of Anselm von Rothschild (1803–1874) and Charlotte von Rothschild (1807–1859). Known in the family as "Salbert," he was educated in Vienna and Brünn/Brno.
On his father's death in 1874, brothers Nathaniel and Ferdinand inherited most of their parents real estate and art collection. However, the family business went to Albert including the S M von Rothschild bank, the single largest shareholding in the Creditanstalt, and the shares in the Northern Railway. After two generations in Austria, communications between his family and the Rothschilds in England had diminished considerably but Albert wisely reinstated the regular exchange of vital information on current economic matters and politics in their respective countries.
In 1876, Albert von Rothschild married Baroness Bettina Caroline de Rothschild (1858–1892) of Paris, France, daughter of Alphonse James de Rothschild. They had seven children. Their firstborn was Georg von Rothschild (March 22, 1877 - January 10, 1934). He never married and died in a private mental hospital. The youngest, Oskar von Rothschild (1888–1909), never married and at age 21 committed suicide. Georg and Oskar are buried in the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna.