Aaron of LincolnW
Aaron of Lincoln

Aaron of Lincoln was an English Jewish financier.

Isaac AbarbanelW
Isaac Abarbanel

Isaac ben Judah Abarbanel, commonly referred to as Abarbanel, also spelled Abravanel, Avravanel or Abrabanel, was a Portuguese Jewish statesman, philosopher, Bible commentator, and financier.

Jacob BasseviW
Jacob Bassevi

Jacob Batsheba Bassevi von Treuenberg was a Bohemian Court Jew and financier. Bassevi, sometimes also written Baschevi, was a son of Avraham Basch who originated from Italy. Early in his life he specialized in trading with silver which was the main component of the coins and currencies at his time. He ultimately became very wealthy, and stood in high favor with the emperors Rudolph II, Matthias, and Ferdinand II, to whom he frequently rendered financial assistance, particularly to Ferdinand, who needed large sums of money for the prosecution of the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648).

Leffmann BehrendsW
Leffmann Behrends

Leffmann Behrends was the German-Jewish financial agent of the dukes and princes of Hanover.

Gerson von BleichröderW
Gerson von Bleichröder

Gerson von Bleichröder was a Jewish German banker.

Alois DessauerW
Alois Dessauer

Alois Joseph Dessauer was a famous German court banker.

Daniel ItzigW
Daniel Itzig

Daniel Itzig was a Court Jew of Kings Frederick II the Great and Frederick William II of Prussia.

Israel JacobsonW
Israel Jacobson

Israel Jacobson was a German-Jewish philanthropist and communal organiser. Jacobson pioneered political, educational and religious reforms in the early days of Jewish emancipation, and while he lacked a systematic religious approach, he is also considered one of the heralds of Reform Judaism.

Karoline KaullaW
Karoline Kaulla

Karoline Kaulla née Raphael, known foremost as 'Madame Kaulla' or '"Kiefe" Auerbacher', was a German banker. She was one of the most famous Court Jews of her time, and reputed to have been the richest woman in Germany.

Mordecai MeiselW
Mordecai Meisel

Mordecai Marcus Meisel was a philanthropist and communal leader in Prague.

Joseph NasiW
Joseph Nasi

Joseph Nasi, known in Portuguese as João Micas, was a Portuguese Sephardi diplomat and administrator, member of the House of Mendes/Benveniste, nephew of Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi, and an influential figure in the Ottoman Empire during the rules of both Sultan Suleiman I and his son Selim II. He was a great benefactor of the Jewish people.

Abraham OppenheimW
Abraham Oppenheim

Abraham Oppenheim since 1868 Abraham Freiherr von Oppenheim was a German banker and patron.

Joseph Süß OppenheimerW
Joseph Süß Oppenheimer

Joseph Süß Oppenheimer was a German Jewish banker and court Jew for Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg in Stuttgart. Throughout his career, Oppenheimer made scores of powerful enemies, some of whom conspired to bring about his arrest and execution after Karl Alexander's death.

Samuel OppenheimerW
Samuel Oppenheimer

Samuel Oppenheimer was an Ashkenazi Jewish banker, imperial court diplomat, factor, and military supplier for the Holy Roman Emperor. He enjoyed the special favor of Emperor Leopold I, to whom he advanced considerable sums of money for the Great Turkish War. Prince Eugene of Savoy brought him a large number of valuable Hebrew manuscripts from Turkey, which became the nucleus of the famous David Oppenheim Library, now part of the Bodleian Library at Oxford.

Aron Elias SeligmannW
Aron Elias Seligmann

Aron Elias Seligmann, baron von Eichthal, was a German Jewish financier. He served as Court Jew for Charles Theodore and Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria. After converting to Catholicism he was ennobled in 1814 as Freiherr von Eichthal.

Samson WertheimerW
Samson Wertheimer

Samson Wertheimer was chief rabbi of Hungary and Moravia, and rabbi of Eisenstadt. He was also an Austrian financier, court Jew and Shtadlan to Austrian Emperor Leopold I.