*see ancestor Yehuda LOEW ben Khaim Born: 1593 or 1595 + (?) Father: Jitskhak HaCohen
Note: Gilbert Hendlisz skips this generation, and gives Rabbi Yehuda Lieb as the son of Rabbi Chaim of Konin. While "The Eskeles Genealogy" book by Zeev Eshkolot omits Rabbi Yehuda Lieb and places his children directly here. Eskeles, also known as Eshkolot, which in Hebrew means “bunches” (of grapes), Ish HaEshkolot is a wise and learned person, having bunches of wisdom *see Jewish Families
of Frankfurt am Main, European Rabbis, Austrian Jewish history, Jewish finance in North America or Eskeles on Geneanet, Daniel Loeb web sites
Rabbi Gabriel ben Yehuda LOEW-ESKELES of Krakow Born: 1655 in Krakow, Poland. Died: Feb 4, 1718 in Mikulov (Nikolsburg), Moravia, Czech geni + Esther Hadassa (see HESHEL family)
Note: Gabriel was a Rabbi of Nikolsburg and took his father-in-law's name Heschel's (Eskeles being a corruption of Esheles)
- R. Yaacov Khaim ESKELES-FUERTH (b. 16?? Olkusz, d. 1732 Shaffa) Av beit din Shaffa + (?) Father: Mordekhai HaCohen (b. Hamburg, d. Nikolsburg). Presumably he was among the Jews who came in 1671 from Vienna to Furth when the community in Vienna was expelled
- R. Yehuda Loew ben Yaacov ESKELES-FUERTH (b. 1713 Wien, d. 29 Nov. 1763 Wien) + Voegele Lea FRÄENKEL (b. 17?? Fuerth, d. young 7 Apr. 1745 Wien). Father: Zekel Fräenkel *any relation to Koppel Fränkel, (1650), the richest Viennese Jew of his time. In 1670, when the Jews were banished from Vienna, Koppel Fränkel's children settled at Fürth..?
- Bondle Bondel ESKELES (b. before 1745 Wien, d. 1792 Prag) + R. Wolf Shlomo TURNAU
- Edel ESKELES (b. before 1745 Wien)
*2nd wife of Yehuda: Hindel Rakhel LICHTENSTADT (b. 1725 Eisenstadt m. 1746 d. 1752 Wien) Father: Moshe Lichtenstadt *also on Lichtenstadt page Group-C
- Yaacov ESKELES (b. before 1750) perhaps he was son of Yehuda's first wife
- Moshe Moses ESCALES-LOEW (b. before 1750)
*see Moshe below
- Gabriel ESKELES (b. 1750 Wien, d. 1753 Fuerth) + Hanne SIMONIS (b. Rotterdam) *see Gabriel below
- Aharon ESKELES (b. after 1750). *according to The Eskeles Genealogy founder of Line 12, but the book only has lines 1-11
*3rd wife of Yehuda: Rosa bat Shimon Pollak BAKHRAKH
- Rosa ESKELES *her existance is not confirmed
- Kroendel Kreindel ESKELES (b. 1711 Wien, d. 1732 Wien) + Hirsel Yaacov Nathan MARGOLIS
- Rivka Rebecca ESKELES (b. Wien) + Moshe BING
- Sara Alek ESKELES (b. Wien, d. 1759) + Pinkhas MARKTBREITER
- Rosa ESKELES (b. Olkusz)
*2nd wife of Yaacov Khaim: Khava Khavole bat Aharon Yekheskel LVOV
- Bernard Gabriel ESKELES (b. 1691 Olkusz, d. 2 Mar. 1753 Vienna)
*see Bernhard below
- Rabbi Yehuda Loew ESKELES (b. 1692 Olkusz, d. 1710 Frankfurt/Main)
+ (?)
- Khaim Yaacov (Joachim) Loew Ostrow ESKELES (b. 17?? Frankfurt/M., d. before 1753 Ostrow) *see Khaim below
- Bella Rebecca ESKELES (b. 1702 Olkusz, d. 1759 Eisenstadt) + Aharon YEKHESKEL ben Moshe LVOV. *2nd husband of Bella: Eliyahu ben Avraham EISENSTADT.
- Teivele Tova ESKELES + Isaac ben Salomon Halevi FROESCHELS
Moshe Moses ESCALES-LOEW Born: bef. 1750 in Vienna + Breunle BRUELL (BRUEHL-BREELENSON) Died: bef 1805. Moses moved to Fuerth then Schwabach, and then Grunstadt and finally Zweibrucken. He adopted the Escales name instead of Eskeles in 1808 Grunstadt under the French regime and was a prosperous business man. His descendants in Zweibrucken also proved to be successful and prosperous in industry. They had a well known silk and plush factory
- Leopold Loew ESKELES (b. Mar. 1775 Schwabach, d. 12 Aug. 1849 Gruenstadt) + Bele SALOMON (b. Feb. 1789 m. 27 Dec. 1808 d. 1810-1812 Gruenstadt) Father: Besele Jacob
- Leopold ESKELES (b. 25 Aug. 1808 Gruenstadt)
- Salomon ESKELES (b. 1 Oct. 1810 Gruenstadt)
*2nd wife of Leopold Loew: Christiana Nanette "Anna Maria" BRENTANO Born: 1789 Died: Feb 2, 1842 in Gruenstadt Father: Salomon Levy Mother: Philippina Brentano
- Maurice Moritz ESCALES (b. 20 Feb. 1813)
- Gertrud ESCALES (b. 27 Feb. 1815 Gruenstadt, d. 12 June 1888 Zweibruecken)
- Johanna ESCALES (b. 17 Dec. 1817 Gruenstadt, d. 25 Sep. 1895 Zweibruecken) + Moses August HATRY (b. 22 July 1815 Homburg, m. 10 Nov. 1840 Zweibruecken d. 13 Oct. 1854 Zweibruecken)
- Gustav ESCALES (b. 26 Sep. 1826 Gruenstadt) first married (24 June 1844 Homburg) + August HATRY (b. 30 Mar. 1819 Homburg/Saar, d. 17 Feb. 1853) *2nd wife: Louise Bertha LEVY (b. 6 Nov. 1836, d. 23 Dec. 1912 Muenchen)
- Leopold Alfred ESCALES (b. 30 Oct. 1859 Zweibruecken, d. 1917 Alzenau) + Tina MAIER *no children
- Helena ESCALES (b. 3 Jan. 1859 Zweibruecken, d. 1930 Ruhpolding) *not married
- Ernst Richard ESCALES (b. 8 July 1863 Zweibruecken, d. 9 Sep. 1924 Muenchen
- Emma ESCALES (b. 12 Feb. 1871 Zweibruecken, d. 1931 Berlin) + Franz STOEBER
- Walter STOEBER
- Hedwig STOEBER
- Gabriel Simon ESCALES (b. 9 July 1823 Gruenstadt, d. 1 Mar. 1911 Muenchen) + Johannetta SALOMON
Married: 18 Apr. 1853
- Otto ESCALES (b. 17 Feb. 1853 Zweibruecken, d. 3 Jan. 1940 Frankfurt/Main)
- Emil ESCALES (b. 17 Feb. 1853 Zweibruecken, d. 7 Oct. 1929 Klingenmuenster)
- Karl Johann ESCALES (b. 21 Aug. 1855 Zweibruecken, d. 4 Jan. 1914 Heidelberg)
- Anna Wilhelmina ESCALES (b. 6 May 1857 Zweibruecken), moved to Frankfurt/M.
- Friedrich Rudolph Moritz ESCALES (b. 10 Oct. 1864)
- Rosalie ESCALES (b. 10 May 1790 Schwabach)
- Babette ESCALES
- Caroline ESCALE (b. 25 Aug. 1808 Gruenstadt)
Gabriel ESKELES (b. 1750 Wien, d. 1753 Fuerth) + Hanne SIMONIS (b. Rotterdam)
- Moses ESKELES (b. 2 July 1776 Fuerth, d. 12 Dec. 1829 Kelsterbach) + (11 June 1825) Babette Braunle SONNEBERG (b. 1798, d. 10 Jan. 1874 Kelsterbach) Father: Herz Loew Sonneberg,
Schutzjude (protected Jew)
- Abraham ESKELES (b. 7 Jan 1819 Kelsterbach, d. 15 May 1883 Kelsterbach) tailor, peddler, food merchant + Hannche MANNHEIMER (b. 1 Jane 1821 Graefenhausen. m. 4 July 1849 Darmstadt. d. 29 Jan 1890 Kelsterbach) Siblings: Joel Mannheime. *they purchased a home in 1858 which remained in the family until 1907
- Hermann Naftali ESKELES (b. 2 Aug. 1855 Kelsterbach, d. 17 Feb. 1888 Offenbach) m. (b. 4 May 1882 Offenbach) + Mathilde FRANK (b. 3 June 1860 Arnstein, Germany? d. 28 Nov. 1919 Frankfurt/M.)
*see also below
- Henriette Jettchen ESKELES (b. 1 July 1853 Kelsterbach, d. 9 Feb. 1928 Nashville, TN) + Lee Simon GOLDNER (b. 8 Sep. 1852 Frankfurt/M., d. 29 Jan. 1932 Nashville, TN)
- Babette Bettchen ESKELES (b. 12 Nov. 1857 Kelsterbach, d. 15 Mar. 1942 Franfurt). m. (1 Jan. 1886 Kelsterbach) + Bernhard SPEIER (b. 17 Mar. 1852 Burghaun, d. 29 Jan. 1890 Kelsterbach)
- Moses Moritz ESKELES (b. 24 June 1851 Kelsterbach, d. Offenbach) + Jeanette FRANK (b. 28 May ???? Arnstein) Siblings: Mathilde Frank
- Joseph Max ESKELES (b. 3 Nov. 1879, Offenbach. occupation: Ssalesman of Leather Accessories. Perhaps continued father's business. Imprisoned one and a half months in Buchenwald in 1938. Released and came to Palestine in 1940. Emigrated in U.S.A. Died: in New York, USA *not married
- Alfred (Ferdinand?) ESKELES (b. 7 July 1899 Offenbach, d. 22 Aug. 1884? Frankfurt)
- Arthur Hermann ESKELES (b. 29 Mar. 1899 Offenbach, d. 1941 Holocaust, Litzmanstadt) + Grete STERN (b. 8 July 1906, d. 1941 Holocaust Litzmanstadt) daughter of a wealthy family. Arthur was a great motorcycle fan. They lived in Frankfurt in a luxurious flat
- Amalie ESKELES (b. 31 July 1859 Kelsterbach) m. (7 Aug. 1889) + Leopold MAYERFIELD (b. 9 May 1858 Biebesheim, d. 4 Oct. Frankfurt/M.)
- Meyer Max ESKELES (b. 3 Oct. 1861 Kelsterbach). m. (12 Jan. 1890) + Dorothea (Dora) MANNHEIMER (b. 13 Mar. 1867 St. Louis, MO, d. 21 May 1921 St. Louis, MO)
- Gabriel ESKELES (b. 1817 Kelsterbach, d. 13 Feb. 1896 Kelsterbach) married (3 Dec. 1845 Darmstadt) + Hannche LILIENSTERN (b. 1822 Ortenburg, d. 30 Mar. 1863 Kelsterbach)
- Feist ESKELES (b. 1828 Kelsterbach, d. 28 Dec. 1898) married (1 Sep. 1858 Darmstadt) + Eva (Esther) GINSBERGER (b. 1832 Jaegersheim, d. 10 Jan. 1860 Kelsterbach). *2nd wife: Jettchen Johanetta SALOMON (b. 1827 or 1824 Amsbach. m. 18 Feb. 1861 Darmstadt. d. before 1890 Frank.)
- Yehuda Loew ESKELES Born: Aug 30, 1773 in Fuerth. occupation: Teacher. Died: Nov 26, 1852 in Fuerth *no children
Hermann Naftali ESKELES (b. 2 Aug. 1855 Kelsterbach, d. 17 Feb. 1888 Offenbach) + Mathilde FRANK (b. 3 June 1860 Arnstein, d. 28 Nov. 1919 Frankfurt/M.) Siblings: Jeanette Frank *above
- Otto Joseph ESKELES (b. 27 Aug. 1886 Offenbach, d. 7 Aug. 1960 Haifa) first married (21 May 1918 Berlin) + Olga Katherina SCHOENFELD (b. 17 Oct. 1891 Berlin, d. 22 May 1928 Berlin from heart attack in Childbirth of their son David). In school exempted from sports for medical reasons, Otto served on Eastern Front in Rumania under General Mackensen. There he was wounded, transfered to a military hospital in Mulhouse and later to Berlin. Awarded "Iron Cross Second Class". Worked as an apprentice at Bank Loewenherz. Graduated from Faculty of Law at University of Berlin. Became partner at private bank Gebruder Heymann
- Zeev ESHKOLOT "born Wolfgang Hermann Eskeles" (b. 15 Jan. 1920 Berlin, married 1944 Haifa and divorced + Khanna WOLF Born: 27 May 1923 in Koelin (Kolin, Bohemia?)
Note: Zeev is the author of the book "The Eskeles Genealogy" and did amazing research on this part of the family tree. He fought as company commander (Golani brigade) during Israeli war of independence. Commander first armor officer's course in Israel. Retired from army in 1963 as Lt. Colonel. Worked in Forest Survey in Madagascar. Recalled to army for six day war and war of attrition. Retired again from army in 1970. Chairman of League against Religious Coercion. Administrative manager of Israeli construction project in Nigeria.
In 1993, The Jewish museum of Vienna was being transffered to Palais Eskeles and Zeev was presented an honor medal,
by the Mayor of Vienna at city hall
- Rakhel ESHKOLOT Born: private + Shimshon BENBENISHTI (b. 19 Dec. 1937 Turkey, d. 16 Oct. 1973 Golan) divorced *2nd wife: Hillel PESSAKH
- Tamir BENBENISHTI Born: private + Mishmar Haemek Mikhal HAR Born: private
- Son: Paz BENBINISHTI Born: private
*2nd wife of Zeev: Rakhel (Renee) FLEISHER Born: private
- Ayala ESHKOLOT Born: private + Mikhael WEISER Born: private
- Merav WEISER Born: private + Ran ALON Born: private
- Alon WEISER Born: private
- Amir WEISER Born: private
- Talya ESHKOLOT + Menakhem RAVID Born: private divorced
- Efrat RAVID Born: private
- Mikhal RAVID Born: private
- Itamar ESHKOLOT Born: private + Sara Noomi TUCHMAN Born: private
- Niv ESHKOLOT Born: private
- Shaked ESHKOLOT Born: private
- Robert "David" ESHKOLOT Born: private + Mania GALPERIN Born: private *David fought in Israeli war of independence. Bachelor of Law Hebrew University (1955). Worked with ZIM Israeli Shipping Company. Laywer from Ministry of Justice and then a private law office in Haifa. Mania worked in Ministry of Finance first as typist and then as secretary to the Minister of Finance. Assistant Manager of Personnel Department at Bank Leumi LeIsrael
- Yaron ESHKOLOT Born: private + Narda LAPOVSKI Born: private
- Nataly ESHKOLOTBorn: private
*2nd wife of Yaron: Dorith LEV Born: private
- Mikhal ESHKOLOT Born: private + Eitan KIMEL Born: private . Mikhal was program producer in the Military Broadasting Station "Galey Tzahal". Mikhal and Eitan work together as architects and have won several professional awards
- Yotam Kimel ESHKOLOT Born: private
- Asaf Kimel ESHKOLOT Born: private
*2nd wife of Otto: Paula KRONHEIMER (b. 28 Mar. 1902 Fuerth. m. 27 Mar. 1934 Berlin. d. 11 Sep. 1994 Haifa), social worker, Dr. in Political Sciences from Koln University (1923)
- Shoshana ESKOLOT Born: private + Mark WILSKER Born: private
divorced
- Nira WILSKER Born: private + Daniel Dov SOBEL Born: private
- Elya SOBEL Born: private
- Avigail SOBEL Born: private
- Dana WILSKER Born: private
- Frieda ESKELES (b. 8 Feb. 1883 Offenbach, d. 1943 Haifa) + Alfred GOLDSCHMIDT (b. 15 Sep. 1866 Offenbach, d. 15 Nov. 1923 Muenchen)
Rabbi Bernard Gabriel ESKELES"aka Berusch Isachar" Born: 1691 in Olkusz. Married: 1707 in Vienna. Died: Mar 2, 1753 in Vienna *ref + Chava Rebekka (see WERTHEIMER family) Born: 1691 Died: Aug 31, 1749 in Vienna *see also external tree
Note: Bernard was Av beit din of: Kremsier at the age of 18 (1710-1719), Prossnitz, and Mainz (starting 1717). Kur-Mainzer-Landesrabbiner. Succeeded his
father, Rabbi Gabriel Eskeles, as av beit din Nikolsburg and as Moravian Landesrabbiner, and in 1725 also his father-in-law Samson Wertheim as Hungarian Ober- und Landesrabbiner. He settled in 1719 in Vienna as court purveyor, supplying arms and other commodities. Using his influence in the court, he prevented the expulsion of Jews from Moravia in 1741. He established the Eskeles Foundation for Torah which taught Torah to children and provideddowries for brides. The foundation continued to operate in Brno (Bruenn) until the 1930s *see Bernard on encyclopedia
- Margarethe ESKELES (b. 1741, d. 19 Apr. 1772 Wien)
*2nd wife of Bernard Eskeles: Hanna WERTHEIMER (b. 1725 m. 1749/50 - ). In the year of his death (1753), their household included 42 persons including his wife, 2 daughters, and 28 servants with 6 children
- Ester ESKELES (b. 1750, d. 24 December 1752 Vienna)
- Eleonora Lea ESKELES (b. 15 April 1752, d. 20 Aug. 1812 Vienna) + Moses Ephraim FLIES. Eleonora lived with *2nd husband: Valentin GUENTHER, court official, they had two sons
Note: Valentin was a confident of Kaiser Joseph, and had a cabinet position responsible for copying secret documents. In 1772 was falsely suspected of being involved in espionage, and are thus portrayed in a poor light in various autobiographies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- baron Bernhard Berush von ESKELES Born: 1753 Died: Oct 1839 occupation: One of the outstanding financiers in Austria. After an unsuccessful start in
Amsterdam, losing his father's legacy (over 400,000 florins) he
returned in 1774 to Vienna + Cicilie Zipora (see ITZIG family) Born: 1760 Married: 1800 Died: Apr 25, 1836
Father: Daniel Itzig (3/18/1723 Berlin - 5/21/1799 Berlin) banker, lead factory & oil mill owner
Mother:
Mirjam Wulff /Wolff
Note: JE: Bernhard went into partnership with his brother-in-law Nathan (see von Arnstein family) , founding a banking house together and was an advisor to emperors Joseph II and Francis I. After discovering a banking forgery (1795), he was entrusted with government financial tasks and founded the Austrian National Bank in 1816. Promoted railway construction in competition with Solomon Rothschild (JE, encyclopedia, Vienna). Enobled in 1797, Bernhard became a Baron in 1822. Cicilie's lavish parties rivaled those of her sister Fanny. Bernhard and Cicilie had two children, who were baptized in 1824 *see articles on encyclopedia, Eskeles,
- Daniel Denis von ESKELES (d. 1867) m. (6 Oct. 1831 Wien) + Baroness Emilie Brentano CIMAROLI (b. 28 Oct. 1809 Wien, d. 5 July 1880). Daniel was baptized in 1825, was the last "male descendant" of the Austrian Eskeles line and his six daughters all married Austrian, French and Italian noblemen

- Helene Maria Caecilie Auguste Baroness von ESKELES (b. 30 May 1837 Wien, d. 13 Feb. 1899 Wien) m. (12 Nov. 1853 Wien) + General Ludwig Baron von GABLENZ (b. 13 or 16 July 1814 Jena, d. 28 or 30 January 1874 Zuerich). *see bio
- Mathilde Katharina Caecilia Auguste Baroness von ESKELES (b. 10 Aug. 1839 Meidling (Wien), d. 1857) m. (1 July 1857 Enzesfeld) + Joseph de CADOINE Marquis de Gabriac (b. 16 Feb. 1831 Bern, d. 22 Nov. 1903 Paris). French ambassador
Emilie Maria Baroness von ESKELES (b. 17 Feb. 1841 Wien, d. 9 Mar. 1917 Wien) m. (16 Sep. 1862 Salzburg) + Dr. Theodore Baron von RAULE (b. 20 Apr. 1830 Wien, d. 10 Jan. 1884 Wien) *see bio. of Theodore,
*in German
- Malvine Henriette Baronesse von ESKELES (b. 10 Oct. 1842 Hietzing (Wien), d. 18 Dec. 1918 Graz) m. (2 Mar. 1859 Wien) + General James von BAERTLING (b. 6 May 1817 Hannover, d. 25 June 1894 Graz)
- Maria Flora Cecilia Augusta Baroness von ESKELES (b. 26 May 1849 Hietzing (Wien), d. 12 Sep. 1930 Wien) m. (10 Jan. 1867 Wien) + Wilhelm Count SARACINI de Belfort (b. 23 July 1831 Triest, 11 Apr. 1907 Wien)
- Bernadine Seraphine Baroness von ESKELES (b. 4 Apr. 1845 Wien, d. 10 July 1879 Wien) + Giovanni Hippolite Marchese CANIGNIANI de Ceschi (b. 2 July 1834 Santa Lucia)

- baroness Marianne (Maria Anna Caecilia Bernhardine) von ESKELES (b. 1 Mar. 1801 Wien, d. 10 Aug. 1862 Munich) baptized in 1824 + Lieutenant Field Marshall Franz Emil Lorenz Heereman Imperial Count von WIMPFFEN (b. 2 Apr. 1797 Prag, d. 26 Nov. 1870 Goerz) *2nd husband of
Marianne: Josef Jacob HARTOG (d. 1774)
- Leon ESKELES
- Judit ESKELES + Bernhard HAHN
Khaim Yaacov (Joachim) Loew Ostrow ESKELES (b. 17?? Frankfurt/M., d. before 1753 Ostrow)
- Aharon Loeb ESKELES (b. 1751 Vienna, d. 1782 Bonn) + Merle BARUCH (b. 1745 Bonn, d. 1825 Bonn)
- Nanette ESKELES first married (1796) + Yehuda Meyer KULP *2nd husband: Bernhard BAER (b. 1780, m. 1815 d. 26 Apr. 1835)
- Wilhelm BAER (b. 1818, d. 13 Feb. 1828)
- Josefine BAER (d. before 1868 Frankfurt/M.) + Gabriel KILIAN
- Jacob ESKELES (d. young 1806 Frankfurt/M.)
- Johann Ludwig ESKELES (b. 1779 Bonn, d. 1848 Bonn, buried Schwarzheindorf). He was a partner in a soap factory "Eskeles & Cahen" at Bonn, named after him and his brother-in-law. Factory sold in 1833. In 1821, they joined a third partner in a wine and vinegar factory
- Bernhard ESKLES (b. 1809 Bonn, d. 1878 Paris)
- Adolf ESKELES (d. young 1814)
- Yaacov ESKELES (b. 1822 Bonn, d. 1877 Bonn)
- Rosalie ESKELES (d. 1879 Bonn) *possible descendant: Dr. Mika Eskeles born in Besterce, Hungary and died in Holocaust
- Maximilian ESKELES (b. 1850 Capetown, d. 1877 London) *possible descendant: Marcell Eskeles born 29 Sep. 1917 France and died in Holocaust
- son (?) Ben Khaim Joachim ESKELES