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The Rise of the Rothschilds
Page entitled : The rise
of the Rothschilds
Content of this page is about :
How the Rothschilds profited from Napoleons campaigns and his eventual
defeat at Waterloo to increase their fortune and found their banking empire
Extract :
... war played a central role in the Rothschilds' ascendance as did the
dispatching of Mayer Amschel's five well trained sons into strategic
locations, complementary to the principal house in Frankfurt. Thus when
Napoleon's forces were ready to invade Hesse, Mayer's son Nathan happened to
be in England (Manchester), where he intended to open a cloth trading
concern. When the prince of Hesse-Cassel entrusted his entire fortune to
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, while he himself sought exile ...
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