Baron Benjamin de Rothschild is a French-Swiss banker and chairman of the Edmond de Rothschild Group and worth about 1.6 billion although he claims to be worth about 6 billion. His father Edmond Adolphe de Rothschild was a Knight of the Legion of Honour and he established their banking group. Baron Benjamin de Rothschild's great grandfather Edmond James de Rothschild was a Zionist who purchased large amounts of land in Palestine and helped to establish Israel. One of their subsidiaries Banque Privee Edmond de Rothschild does a lot of business in Israel as well as in Europe, South America, and Asia. The Swiss Rothschild's that branched off from the French Rothschild family have been given the titles of barons and baronesses in Austria through Alice Charlotte von Rothschild who willed their estates to James de Rothschild the great uncle of Baron Benjamin de Rothschild. The Swiss Rothschild's hold Austrian titles and are serving the Habsburg family of Austria that once ruled over Switzerland. Benjamin de Rothschild's mother is Nadine de Rothschild born Nadine L'hopitalier and she was a Roman Catholic that converted to Judaism. She is an Austrian Baroness that owns a castle in Switzerland. The name L'hopitalier means hospital and this uncommon last name was established and taken by members of the Knights Hospitaller a branch of the Knights of Malta. The Swiss Rothschild's are the Court Factors for the House of Habsburg and fund their knights like those working for the House of Hesse. Edmund de Rothschild Group uses the lion for its logo similar to the Hesse and Habsburg lions. Mayer Amschel Rothschild was a Court Factor for Prince William I of Hesse. The Rothschild family originate from Frankfurt which is a German state of Hesse. The House of Habsburg have often used Jewish Court Factors through out history like Jacob Bassevi von Treuenberg, Joachim Edler von Popper, and Israel Edler von Honigsberg.