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The Illuminati fueled French Revolution got under way in the 1790’s, and Prince William began to
get nervous. He was afraid the revolutionary
riots would reach Germany and he would lose his gold.
So he invested his money in a magnificent
new palace called Wilhelmshoe,
which was built from
1791 to 1798. Although the French Revolution frightened William
it was a delight for Mayer. The
war helped his sales. When the French ended up pitted against the Holy Roman Empire, the prices of
imported goods skyrocketed, and importing goods from England was a Rothschild specialty. In fact
Mayer’s English trade helped him secure a deal with the Landgrave (through Buderus, of course) in
which he became a middleman in England’s payments for the hire of Hessian soldiers. ‘...every ill
wind of the 1790’s seemed to blow good to the Rothschilds."
The winds were so good that by the end
of the decade they were established as a rich and independent family. In 1800 they were the 11th
richest family in Frankfort’s Jew Alley (not counting the wealth in proxy). Around the turn of the
century Mayer decIded to send his most clever son, Nathan to England to establish another
Rothschild House. The family tells a silly story about Nathan leaving for England to best an annoying
English cotton trader, but I believe that Nathan was sent by Mayer with a specific purpose - to
establish power with the Rothschild network in that country. Nathan arrived in England with no
knowledge of the language but a great amount of money. He would soon be the most powerful man in
Europe. Many more profitable events occurred at the turn of the century. Many of these events revolve
around the Rothschild
infiltration
of the Thurn and Taxis postal system. The House of Thurn and
Taxis was of the Black Nobility. In 1516 Holy Roman Emperor Maximilion
I
(of the
Merovinglan
bloodline and husband of a member of the Black Nobility)
commissioned
the House to create a mounted postal service between Vienna and Brussels. The
service eventually
included all of Central Europe. The head office of the system was in Frankfort,
which was rather convenient for Mayer who proceeded to do business with them. His relationship
with Thurn and Taxis became so close that the service began to inform him of any pertinent
Information found among the letters (that they had a habit of covertly reading). This mail fraud
system was also used by the Emperor Francis to keep abreast of his enemies. While Mayer was
receiving stolen news from Thurn and Taxis he was busy setting up his own postal service so that no-
one could secretly discover his dealings. This system was eventually so effective that the Rothschilds
became the best and fastest informed individuals
in the world. The system was so good that many
prominent men began to send their letters through the Rothschilds,
who of course, always snuck a
peak at the contents. The business with Thurn and Taxis helped Mayer receive the title ,,Imperial
Crown Agent" in 1800. This title served as a passport that allowed him to travel throughout the Holy
Roman Empire. It also provided the right to bear arms, and it freed him from having to pay the taxes
and obligations upon the Jews of that period. Mayer began to get even more titles, including one from
the German Order of St. John. His sons Amschel and Salomon were also busy getting various titles.
In 1801 they became crown agents of the Landgrave William of Hesse-Cassel. All these titles were
wonderful, but most important was the Landgrave’s. The Landgrave was the richest Prince in Europe
and the Rothschilds
were determined to take advantage of his wealth.
The relationship
with the Landgrave improved greatly in 1803. A Danish King, and cousin of William,
asked the Prince for loans but William declined because he did not want anyone to know how rich he
had become. Rothschild
learned about it and through Buderus, proposed lending the money
anonymously.
William thought the idea was splendid. The loan was sent through Mayer and a
Hamburg Jew. The interests were paid to Rothschild who, after taking commission,
forwarded the
money to the Landgrave. The event was a great triumph, after 36 years, Mayer had finally done a
significant job for the Prince. Six more Landgrave loans to Denmark were negotiated by Rothschild.
Many more loans ensued (although they required some teeth pulling on Buderus’ part), Including
loans to the Order of St. John. This negotiating of the Landgrave’s
loans greatly increased the
reputation of the House of Rothschild. By this time Napoleon had come to power in France. This
caused a distress in Europe, but brought great profits to the House of Rothschild. As one biographer
put it "Napoleon seemed bent on Improving the Rothschild’s
lot in life." Even though Napoleon was
not purposely doing It, the conditions he created were of great benefit. Napoleon tried to get the
Landgrave as his ally, but Prince William squirmed and politely as possible refused. William’s goal
was to wait untIl the winning side in the Napoleonic conflict was clear so that he could join without
