Carl Mayer von Rothschild
1788 – 1855 German banker, founder of the Naples house
Founder of the short-lived Naples Rothschild house serving southern Italy and the Vatican.
- Religion
- Ashkenazi Jewish.
- Affiliations
- Founded C M de Rothschild & Figli in Naples; banker to the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and the Papal States.
He ran the Naples house, lending to the Bourbon kingdom and the Papacy. The branch closed after Italian unification, and his descendants folded back into the Frankfurt and other houses.
Connections
- family of Mayer Amschel Rothschild — His father.
- family of Mayer Amschel Rothschild — His fourth son, who founded the Naples house.
In the timeline
- 1821 Carl Rothschild founds the Naples bank mentioned