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Rothschild

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'''Rothschild''' (variant: '''Rothchild''') is a Germany German surname. Rothschild is a habitational name from a house distinguished with a red sign (Middle High German rōt "red" + schilt "sign", "shield"), the earliest recorded example dating from the 13th century. The most notable family with this surname is the Mayer Amschel Rothschild family. This famous banking (Rothschild Bank) and wine (Chateau Mouton Rothschild and Chateau Lafite) family took it from a house so marked in the Jewish quarter of Frankfurt-am-Main , but the name has also been adopted by many Ashkenazi Jews unrelated to the family such as: *Paul A. Rothchild Paul Rothchild, producer of The Doors, Janis Joplin *Abraham Rothschild *Dorothy Parker, née Rothschild *Winston Rothschild, III (fictional character from ''The Red Green Show'') In Britain the surname is normally pronounced "Roth-child".

References
*Hanks, Patrick ''Dictionary of American Family Names'' Oxford University Press ISBN 0195081374 Category:The Rothschilds * {{Name-stub}}