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Charlotte von Rothschild
Female
Born
Jun 13, 1819
Died
Mar 13, 1884
Charlotte von Rothschild was a German-born British socialite. She was a member of the Rothschild banking family of Naples, but was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. She was the eldest child and only daughter of Carl Mayer von Rothschild (1788-1855)… Read More
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Charlotte von Rothschild
d.1884
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CHILDHOOD
1819
Birth
Born in 1819.
TEENAGE
1836
17 Years Old
Because endogamy within the Rothschild family was an essential part of their strategy to ensure that control of their wealth remained in family hands, on June 15, 1836, two days after her seventeenth birthday, the beautiful Charlotte married Lionel de Rothschild (1808-1879), her first cousin from the English branch of the family.
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TWENTIES
1844
25 Years Old
In 1844, she caused a sensation in London society when the American showman P. T. Barnum and his celebrated midget "Tom Thumb" performed at her home.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1884
65 Years Old
Charlotte von Rothschild died at her Gunnersbury Park home in 1884 and was buried next to her husband in the Willesden Jewish Cemetery.
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