Cauer, Karoline

Daniel Itzig was born in 1722 in Berlin, the son of Isaac Daniel Itzig a horse merchant. Daniel Itzig became a banker and minter. His son and third child, Isaac Daniel Itzig, was born in Berlin in 1750. Like his father he was a banker and was named by Friedrich Wilhelm II in 1776 as royal banker and jeweler (Oberhofjouvelier und Banquier) and became royal architect (Hofbaurat). In 1791 Daniel Itzig and his descendants were granted naturalization by the king.

In 1777 Isaac Daniel Itzig founded with his brother-in-law David Friedländer the Jüdische Freischule in Berlin.

Daniel Itzig died in 1799, his son Isaac Daniel Itzig died in 1806.

From the guide to the Itzig Family Collection, 1760-1983, bulk 1780-1900, (Leo Baeck Institute)