•1806: Napolean
states that it is his,
•"object to
remove the house of Hess-Cassel
from rulership and to
strike it out of the list of powers."
•On hearing this,
Prince William IX of
Hesse-Hanau, flees Germany,
goes to Denmark and entrusts
his fortune valued at $3,000,000
at that time to Mayer Amschel
Rothschild for safekeeping.
