Salomon Mayer Rothschild
1774 – 1855 Austrian banker, founder of the Vienna house
Founder of the Austrian Rothschild house and financier to the Habsburg Empire.
- Religion
- Ashkenazi Jewish.
- Affiliations
- Founded S M von Rothschild in Vienna; financed the Habsburg state and Austrian railways.
He established the Vienna house and worked closely with Chancellor Metternich, funding Austrian state finance and the Nordbahn railway. He was raised to the Austrian nobility with the title Freiherr (baron).
Connections
- family of James Mayer de Rothschild — His brother; James married Salomon's daughter Betty.
- family of James Mayer de Rothschild — His brother; his daughter Betty married James.
- family of Mayer Amschel Rothschild — His father.
- family of Mayer Amschel Rothschild — His second son, who founded the Vienna house.