Aron Elias Seligmann, baron von Eichthal, (26 April 1747 – 11 January 1824) was a German Jewish financier. He served as court Jew for Charles Theodore and Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria.[1] After converting to Catholicism he was ennobled in 1814 as Freiherr von Eichthal.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ratcliffe, Barrie M. (1975). "Crisis and Identity: Gustave d'Eichthal and Judaism in the Emancipation Period". Jewish Social Studies. 37 (2): 122–140. JSTOR 4466874.
  2. ↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels. Adelslexikon. Vol. 61. Limburg (Lahn): C. A. Starke Verlag. 1975. p. 106.
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