Lazare Richtenberger

Lazare Richtenberger
Born1792
Aschaffenburg, Electorate of Mainz
Died3 December 1853(1853-12-03) (aged 60–61)
Brussels, Belgium
OccupationBanker
Years active1830s–1853

Lazare Richtenberger (1792 – 3 December 1853) was Holy Roman Empire-born banker of Jewish descent. He was closely connected to the court of Leopold I of Belgium and later was awarded the Order of Leopold.

Richtenberger served as James Mayer de Rothschild's agent in Brussels from 1832 on,[1] in the early years after the foundation of the Kingdom of Belgium. He was joined by Samuel Lambert, who later became his son-in-law. As of 1843, the name of the firm was “Lambert–Richtenberger, agent Rothschild”.[2] After Richtenberger's death in 1853, Lambert took over the firm and combined it with his father's company, also an agency of Rothschild, in Antwerp to form the Banque Lambert.[3]

  1. ^ Ferguson, Niall (1998). The House of Rothschild: Money's prophets, 1798–1848. Viking. p. 248. ISBN 9780670857685.
  2. ^ Willems, Hans. "The London house of Rothschild and its Belgian contacts (1815–1860)" (PDF).
  3. ^ Youssef Cassis: ″Metropolen des Kapitals – 1780–2005″, Murmann Verlag, p. 63, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-938017-95-1