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Kate Rothschild Wikipedia, Parents, Marriage, Divorce, Husband, Bio, Age

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Name Kate Rothschild

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB Born in 1982. As of 2024, she is around 42 years old.

Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Engaged / Spouse / Partner Divorced. Check the full bio for relationship details.

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Introduction :

  • Belonging to one of the world’s most popular family names, ‘The Rothschilds,’ Kate Rothschild is not a stranger to fame and controversies in equal measure.
  • Known for her relationships, the banking heiress has more style and panache than many other social butterflies of her era.
  • However, Kate has also faced a lot of critique and a media dressing down on numerous occasions.
  • Going from a teenager belonging to one of the most influential banking dynasties to a homemaker and doting mother to becoming a rock chick after her extremely public divorce, Kate has been known for making news.

An Affluent Family Background :

  • Kate was born to her parents in the year 1982.
  • She was born into the prestigious Rothschild family and is the daughter of Anita Patience Guinness from the “Guinness Brewery” family, and her father was the late Amschel Rothschild.
  • She has two other siblings – Alice Miranda Rothschild (born in 1983) and James Amschel Victor Rothschild (born in 1985).
  • Kate’s sister Alice is married to British politician Zac Goldsmith since 2013.

Married Life and Kids :

  • In 2003, Kate got married to Benjamin James “Ben” Goldsmith, who is a famous environmentalist and financier from England.
  • Ben is the son of James Goldsmith, the late billionaire, and his wife Lady Annabel Goldsmith.
  • Together, Ben and Kate had three children – Iris Annabel (born in 2004) is the eldest followed by Frank James Amschel (born in 2005) and Isaac Benjamin Victor, the youngest born in 2008.
  • The couple divorced in the year 2012. Kate went on to date several men after the divorce & was reportedly dating a young entrepreneur Paul Forkan as recent as April 2018.

The Ugly Break-Up :

  • Kate and Ben were involved in what was touted as an ugly Twitter (now called X) Divorce when they took to the micro-blogging site and publically attacked each other.
  • However, better sense prevailed, with both burying the hatchet and taking the fight off social media.
  • Kate was romantically linked to American rapper Jay Electronica while being married to Ben. This was called out as the reason for the couple filing for divorce.
  • Jay too got involved as the bitter battle played out on social media and even called out Goldsmith to “stop acting like a b***h.”
  • There were also some reports that Goldsmith was arrested by the police from their home in Kensington, West London, for assaulting his wife.
  • Kate and Jay’s relation too didn’t long last as they split up in 2014 and the rapper headed back home to the USA.

Fun Facts, Height and Trivia :

  • Kate has tweeted that she was with her ex-husband Ben since she was 17 years old.
  • Her father, Amschel Rothschild, committed suicide by hanging himself in 1996, just weeks before she celebrated her 14th birthday.
  • In April 2018, Kate’s house was burgled, and the burglars took away a lot of valuable things she held close to her heart. Valuables stolen included her engagement & wedding rings and many jewellery items her ex-husband gave her during their marriage, and some other items which she had as a teenager from her father and her grandmother. Kate kept everything in her pink jewellery box, which went missing.
  • Kate is good friends with Paris Hilton.
  • In 2016, rumours were going around that she was dating Professor Green & that she had signed a deal with Jay-Z’s record company called Roc Nation.

Education, Career, Salary and Net Worth :

  • Little is known about her schooling except that she left school in 2000 and didn’t attend University despite an invitation to join the London College of Fashion.
  • Though she is a multi-millionaire banking heiress, Kate has worked as a music producer. She was managing rapper Jay Electronica (Real name – Timothy Elpadaro Thedford), with whom she also shared a personal relationship.

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