Albert Salomon von Rothschild

Albert Salomon Anselm Freiherr von Rothschild (29 October 1844 – 11 February 1911) was a banker in Austria-Hungary and a member of the Rothschild banking family of Austria. Businesses that he owned included Creditanstalt and the Northern Railway.

Early life Rothschild was born in Vienna on 29 October 1844. He was the youngest son of Anselm von Rothschild (1803–1874) and Charlotte von Rothschild (1807–1859).

Known in the family as "Salbert", he was educated in Bonn.

Career After his father fell ill in 1866, Albert took over as head of the Rothschild family business in Austria. Charlotte Esther von Rothschild (1879–1885), who died young. Ludwig Nathaniel von Rothschild (1882–1955), who married Countess Hildegarde Karoline Johanna Maria von Auersperg in 1946. Eugène Daniel von Rothschild (1884–1976), who married the American divorcee, Countess Erwein von Schönborn-Buchheim ( Catherine "Kitty" Wolf, formerly Mrs. Dandridge Spotswood), in 1925. After her death in 1946, he married actress Jeanne Stuart in 1952. Valentine Noémi von Rothschild (1886–1969), who married Baron Sigismund von Springer. Oskar von Rothschild (1888–1909), who never married and committed suicide at age 21.

In December 1887, Albert and his wife were given the right to be presented at Court, the first time such a privilege had been granted in Austria to Jews.

Rothschild died in Vienna on 11 February 1911 and was interred next to his wife and their six-year-old daughter Charlotte in the city's Zentralfriedhof. His eldest son, Georg, and youngest son, Oskar, were also buried in the Zentralfriedhof.

Legacy Following his wife's death in 1892 at the age of thirty-four, Rothschild donated 500,000 guilders to build the Bettina Frauenspital (Bettina Hospital for Women) in her memory and a Bettina Rothschild begonia was named for her. The Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa named the large Main belt asteroid he discovered in 1885 the 250 Bettina in her honor as a benefactor of the Vienna Observatory.

In recognition of Albert von Rothschild's years of financial support, the 719 Albert Amor asteroid was named in his memory by astronomer Johann Palisa.