The Goldschmidt family is a family of German Jewish descent, from Frankfurt am Main, known for its success in banking and finance.
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The family is descended from Moses von Schaffhausen, a Jewish goldsmith in Nuremberg in the Holy Roman Empire until a persecution of Jews there in 1499. He moved to Frankfurt, where he took the name of Goldschmidt, and the family went on to prosper as bankers. [1] Most members of the family left Frankfurt after the Fettmilch uprising of 1614, and later generations did not return until the 18th century. [2]
The family was interwoven with the Rothschild family, the Bischoffsheim family of Mainz, [3] and with Bartolome Family, one of the richest families of Monaco. The Bischoffsheim and Goldschmidt families conjointly managed the Bischoffsheim, Goldschmidt & Company Bank, which was eventually merged into Banque de Crédit et de Dépôt des Pays-Bas in 1863, the forerunner to BNP Paribas. [4] [5]
On 6 September 1903, Maximilian Goldschmidt was elevated to the title of Baron von Goldschmidt-Rothschild in Prussia, by Emperor Wilhelm II. Thus, the family became part of the German nobility.
