1630
Samuel Oppenheimer, German Jewish banker and diplomat (died 1703)
Samuel Oppenheimer, German Jewish banker and diplomat (died 1703)
Samuel Oppenheimer, German Jewish banker and diplomat (died 1703)
Samuel Oppenheimer
German-Jewish banker and diplomat (1630–1703)
- Born
- 1630
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.