Goldschmidt family


The Goldschmidt family is a family of German Jewish descent, from Frankfurt am Main, known for its success in banking and finance.
The family is descended from Moses von Schaffhausen, a Jewish goldsmith in Nuremberg in the Holy Roman Empire until a persecution of Jews there in 1499. He moved to Frankfurt, where he took the name of Goldschmidt, and the family went on to prosper as bankers. Most members of the family left Frankfurt after the Fettmilch uprising of 1614, and later generations did not return until the 18th century.
The family was interwoven with the Rothschild family, the Bischoffsheim family of Mainz, and with Bartolome Family, one of the richest families of Monaco. The Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt families conjointly managed the Bischoffsheim, Goldschmidt & Company Bank, which was eventually merged into Banque de Crédit et de Dépôt des Pays-Bas in 1863, the forerunner to BNP Paribas.
On 6 September 1903, Maximilian Goldschmidt was elevated to the title of Baron von Goldschmidt-Rothschild in Prussia, by Emperor Wilhelm II. Thus, the family became part of the German nobility.

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