India, Dec. 28 -- A Swiss castle filled with priceless artworks is at the centre of a feud playing out between two women of what is perhaps the world's famous banking dynasty - the Rothschild family. Baroness Ariane de Rothschild is currently embroiled in a legal battle with her mother-in-law, the 93-year-old senior baroness Nadine de Rothschild.

The Rothschild family, the most famous of all European banking dynasties, rose to prominence in the 16th century. Their global banking empire laid the foundations of the world's current banking system.

Nadine de Rothschild, 93, is a member of the French-Swiss branch of the family. She is the widow of Edmond de Rothschild, who died in 1997.

Edmond and Nadine's only child, Benjamin, was married ...