Editing Rothschild family (section)

=== French branches ===
{{Main|Rothschild banking family of France}}
[[File:Chateau de Ferrieres.jpg|thumb|left|[[Château de Ferrières]], the largest château of the 19th century, was built in 1854. It is set on a {{convert|30|km²|0|abbr=on}} estate outside Paris. It was charitably donated by the family to the University of Paris in 1975.]]
There are two branches of the family connected to France.

The first was the branch of [[James Mayer de Rothschild]] (1792–1868), known as "James", who established [[de Rothschild Frères]] in Paris; he married his niece [[Betty von Rothschild]]. Following the Napoleonic Wars, he played a major role in financing the construction of railways and the mining business that helped make France an industrial power. By 1980, the Paris business employed about 2,000 people and had an annual turnover of 26&nbsp;billion francs (€4.13&nbsp;billion or $5&nbsp;billion in the currency rates of 1980).<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1487391620070614 RPT-French banker Guy de Rothschild dies aged 98] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206021522/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL1487391620070614 |date=6 February 2021 }} Reuters, 14 June 2007</ref>
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|style="text-align: left;"| "No kings could afford this! It could only belong to a Rothschild."
— [[William I, German Emperor|Wilhelm I]], Emperor of Germany, on visiting [[Château de Ferrières]].<ref>''Lafite; the story of Château Lafite-Rothschild'', by Cyril Ray (NY 1969), page 66.</ref>
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However, the Paris business suffered a near death blow in 1982, when the socialist government of [[François Mitterrand]] nationalised and renamed it as Compagnie Européenne de Banque.<ref>{{cite news
 |url          = https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/business/worldbusiness/14rothschild.html
 |title        = Baron Guy de Rothschild, Leader of French Arm of Bank Dynasty, Dies at 98
 |newspaper    = New York Times
 |date         = 14 June 2007
 |first        = Paul
 |last         = Lewis
 |access-date  = 12 February 2017
 |archive-date = 8 March 2021
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20210308193445/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/14/business/worldbusiness/14rothschild.html
 |url-status   = live
}}</ref> Baron [[David René de Rothschild|David de Rothschild]], then 39, decided to stay and rebuild, creating a new entity named [[Rothschild & Cie Banque]], with just three employees and €830,000 (US$1&nbsp;million) in capital. Today, the Paris operation has 22 partners and accounts for a significant part of the global business.

Ensuing generations of the Paris Rothschild family remained involved in the family business, becoming a major force in international investment banking. The Paris Rothschilds have since led the [[Thomson Financial League Tables]] in Investment Banking Merger and Acquisition deals in the UK, France and Italy.
[[Image:Paris chateau muette.jpg|thumb|left|300px|A former Rothschild family house, at the site of Château de la Muette, Paris. Built as a [[Rothschild family residences|family residence]] by the secondary branch of the French Rothschild family, today it houses the headquarters of the [[OECD]].]]

[[James Mayer de Rothschild]]'s other son, [[Edmond James de Rothschild]] (1845–1934), was very much engaged in philanthropy and the arts, and he was a leading proponent of [[Zionism]]. His grandson, Baron [[Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild]], founded in 1953 the [[LCF Rothschild Group]], a private bank. Since 1997, Baron [[Benjamin de Rothschild]] chairs the group. The group has €100bn of assets in 2008 and owns many wine properties in France ([[Château Clarke]], [[Château des Laurets]]), in Australia, or in South Africa. In 1961, the 35-year-old [[Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild]] purchased the company [[Club Med]], after he had visited a resort and enjoyed his stay.<ref name="indobit">{{cite news
 |url          = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-baron-edmond-de-rothschild-1292054.html
 |title        = Obituary: Baron Edmond de Rothschild
 |last         = Faith
 |first        = Nicholas
 |date         = 4 November 1997
 |work         = The Independent
 |location     = London
 |access-date  = 29 March 2009
 |archive-date = 12 April 2020
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20200412022432/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-baron-edmond-de-rothschild-1292054.html
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}}</ref><ref>Gilbert Trigano, a Developer of Club Med, Is Dead at 80 By JOHN TAGLIABUE Published: 6 February 2001</ref> His interest in Club Med was sold off by the 1990s. In 1973, he bought out the [[Bank of California]], selling his interests in 1984 before it was sold to [[Mitsubishi Bank]] in 1985.
[[File:Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild, façade côté jardin.jpg|thumb|[[Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild]], built in 1872 as a Paris townhouse for [[Salomon James de Rothschild]]]]
The second French branch was founded by [[Nathaniel de Rothschild]] (1812–1870). Born in London, he was the fourth child of the founder of the British branch of the family, [[Nathan Mayer Rothschild]] (1777–1836). In 1850, Nathaniel Rothschild moved to Paris to work with his uncle James Mayer Rothschild. In 1853, Nathaniel acquired Château Brane Mouton, a vineyard in [[Pauillac]] in the [[Gironde]] ''département''.  Nathaniel Rothschild renamed the estate [[Château Mouton Rothschild]], and it would become one of the best known labels in the world. In 1868, Nathaniel's uncle, James Mayer de Rothschild, acquired the neighbouring [[Château Lafite-Rothschild|Château Lafite]] vineyard.