person · 1710-1755

Amschel Moses Rothschild

Also known as Amschel Moses.

Money changer and trader in silk cloth in the Judengasse; died in the smallpox epidemic of October 1755, leaving eight children, Mayer Amschel among them.

Events

• Coronation of Charles VII - resident, side: civilian, 1742
• Coronation of Francis I - resident, side: civilian, 1745
• Second fire in the Judengasse - resident, side: civilian, 1721
• War of the Austrian Succession - resident, side: civilian, 1740-1748
• War of the Polish Succession - resident, side: civilian, 1733-1738