William I, Elector of Hesse person
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild worked_for
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“Yet, despite the title of senior court agent ( Oberhofagent ) bestowed on him in 1803, it is important to stress that at this juncture it was not Mayer Amschel so much as William who was the real banker...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
William I, Elector of Hesse did_business_with
England documented
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“That had led to a strengthening of the traditional links between Kassel and London: not for the first time, William put troops in the field against France in return for English money.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
William I, Elector of Hesse did_business_with
Austria documented
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“On the other hand, the Elector (as William now was) had lent money to Austria and to Prussia...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
William I, Elector of Hesse did_business_with
Prussia documented
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“On the other hand, the Elector (as William now was) had lent money to Austria and to Prussia...…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
William I, Elector of Hesse met_with
Napoleon Bonaparte reported
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“Napoleon offered Hanoverian territory.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
William I, Elector of Hesse moved_to
Gottorp documented
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“William had little option but to flee, heading initially for his brother’s estate at Gottorp in Holstein (then Danish territory).…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
General Lagrange nationalized
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“two days later he issued a proclamation formally confiscating all his assets and threatening anyone who sought to conceal these with trial by a military tribunal.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
William I, Elector of Hesse paid
General Lagrange documented
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“In return for a bribe of 260,000 francs (modest under the circumstances) he agreed to allow forty-two of the chests to be spirited away; the rest were confiscated.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
Nathan Mayer Rothschild did_business_with
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“It was to be the first of no fewer than nine such purchases up until the end of 1813, totalling £664,850. This was the money to which Nathan later alluded in his conversation with Buxton.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
William I, Elector of Hesse located_in
Prague documented
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“Amschel spelt out the significance of this in a letter to his brothers in 1818: “The good Nathan would have been unable to draw during the war bills to the amount of £132,000 and to handle all the businesses if . . . we had not obtained for…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
Carl von Rothschild met_with
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“When Carl and Amschel travelled to see the Elector in Prague, following his flight south from Denmark, correspondence was hidden in specially fitted secret compartments.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
Amschel Mayer von Rothschild met_with
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“When Carl and Amschel travelled to see the Elector in Prague, following his flight south from Denmark, correspondence was hidden in specially fitted secret compartments.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
William I, Elector of Hesse moved_to
Prague documented
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“When Carl and Amschel travelled to see the Elector in Prague, following his flight south from Denmark, correspondence was hidden in specially fitted secret compartments.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
William I, Elector of Hesse moved_to
Denmark documented
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“When Carl and Amschel travelled to see the Elector in Prague, following his flight south from Denmark, correspondence was hidden in specially fitted secret compartments.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
William I, Elector of Hesse relationship_with
Amschel Mayer von Rothschild documented
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“Yet for all the risks they took on his behalf, the Rothschilds were never wholly trusted by William.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
Amschel Mayer von Rothschild worked_for
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“Throughout this time, Mayer Amschel had to rely on Buderus to reassure the Elector.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
William I, Elector of Hesse appointed
Amschel Mayer von Rothschild reported
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“When, in May 1812, he requested that one of Mayer Amschel’s sons move to Prague to act as a kind of court agent in exile, he was politely but firmly rebuffed.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. TWO The Elector’s Treasure
Mayer Amschel Rothschild did_business_with
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“Amschel was careful to continue cultivating the special relationship his father had developed with the Elector.…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
Rothschild family did_business_with
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“The Rothschilds continued to manage some of the Prince’s financial affairs, collecting his reparations from France, selling his English stocks (as we have seen) at a healthy profit, trying to sort out his tangled Danish investments and invo…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. FOUR A“ Court Always Leads to Something” (1816-1825)
Carl Rothschild met_with
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“To Buderus’s wife, Carl was fulsome in his flattery of the Elector: “I said, the Prince knows that he alone began the reform…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SIX Amschel’s Garden
William I, Elector of Hesse appointed
Rothschild family documented
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“Just as their father before them had sought to enhance his prestige by acquiring the title of Hoffaktor and court banker from as many courts as possible, so too his sons and grandsons applied to be appointed “Financial Councillors” by the f…”
source: book — The House of Rothschild, Volume 1: Money's Prophets, 1798-1848 · ch. SEVEN Barons
Meyer Amschel Rothschild worked_for
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“Meyer Amschel was constantly concerning himself with the elector’s interests…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.77
Buderus met_with
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“Buderus’s representations succeeded finally in allaying his bout of suspicion against the Rothschild family, with whom he had now established very close personal relations.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.77
Nathan Mayer Rothschild proposed
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“Up to this time the elector had turned down the various proposals regarding the collection of interest and the investment of capital that Nathan had made to him from London.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.78
William I, Elector of Hesse met_with
Prince of Wales documented
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“In spite of an invitation from the Prince of Wales, William did not wish to go to England…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.79
William I, Elector of Hesse met_with
Francis I of Austria documented
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“The elector accordingly asked for asylum in Austrian territory…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.79
William I, Elector of Hesse moved_to
Carlsbad documented
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“on July 28, 1808, the elector arrived at Carlsbad…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.79
William I, Elector of Hesse did_business_with
Walter Rothschild documented
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“In the end the elector left the whole matter to Buderus, and he accordingly put it all in Rothschild’s hands.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.113
William I, Elector of Hesse did_business_with
Buderus documented
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“In the end the elector left the whole matter to Buderus, and he accordingly put it all in Rothschild’s hands.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.113
William I, Elector of Hesse did_business_with
Prince Wittgenstein documented
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“he had received a report from Buderus regarding an electoral loan which had been made to a family called Plettenberg through the intermediary of Prince Wittgenstein…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.113
William I, Elector of Hesse did_business_with
Plettenberg documented
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“he had received a report from Buderus regarding an electoral loan which had been made to a family called Plettenberg through the intermediary of Prince Wittgenstein…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.113
William I, Elector of Hesse did_business_with
Lorentz documented
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“You must see that he is kept fully informed of all my financial affairs in England... as my chargé d’affaires.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.114
Lorentz worked_for
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“Lorentz, his plenipotentiary in London…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.114
Walter Rothschild did_business_with
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“Rothschild is unjustly accused of having, from motives of secret advantage, delayed the Dutch business, which is probably to the great detriment of your Highness’s interest…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.115
Bank of Rüppell and Harnier did_business_with
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“The bank of Riippell and Harnier... owe their fortune entirely to your Highness…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.115
Carl Rothschild met_with
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“Young Rothschild employed all his powers of eloquence to persuade the elector to revoke his veto regarding further payments.…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.115
William I, Elector of Hesse lived_in
Prague documented
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“I will arrange to have them brought to me here direct…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.113
William I, Elector of Hesse did_business_with
United Kingdom documented
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“investment in English stocks…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.113
Buderus worked_for
William I, Elector of Hesse documented
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“Thereupon Buderus made a further effort to impress upon his master that it was in his highest interest finally to cancel the veto on further payments...…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.116
William I, Elector of Hesse did_business_with
Rothschild family documented
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“William now again consented to the interest on his capital being used for effecting further investments, after noting with satisfaction that the House of Rothschild... had reduced its terms...…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.117
William I, Elector of Hesse proposed
Rothschild family documented
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“The elector also expressed the wish that one of the brothers Rothschild should reside permanently at Prague...…”
source: book — The Rise of the House of Rothschild, 1770-1830 · p.117