Mark Gregory Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Short video 3 1/2 minutes Shows old cars in it Mercedes Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek (September 16, 1889 – February 23, 1929) was the daughter of Austrian automobile entrepreneur Emil Jellinek and his first wife Rachel Goggmann Cenrobert. She was born in Vienna.[1] She is best known for her father having Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft's line of Mercedes cars named after her, beginning with the Mercedes 35 HP model of 1901.[2] In addition, her father hung a large picture of her at the 1902 Paris Automobile exhibition. He even legally changed his name to Jellinek-Mercedes in 1903[3] after Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft registered Mercedes as a trademark in 1902.[4] Her name is a Spanish Christian name meaning mercy.[5] Mercedes lived in Vienna, and had two failed marriages.[4] She had a magnificent wedding in 1909 in Nice, on the Côte d'Azur, with Baron von Schlosser. The couple lived in Vienna until World War I, which ruined them. They had two children; Elfriede (b. 1912) and Hans-Peter (b. 1916).[1] In 1918, Mercedes was begging for food in the streets. A little later, leaving her husband and two children, she married Baron Rudolf von Weigl, a talented but poor sculptor. She played music and had a good soprano voice, but never shared her father's passion for automobiles. She died in Vienna from bone cancer in 1929, at the age of 39, and was buried in Vienna in the family grave near her grandfather, the former chief rabbi of Vienna, Adolf Jellinek.[6][7] In 1926, Daimler company merged with Benz company. Although the company traded as Daimler-Benz, it gave the name Mercedes-Benz to its cars to preserve the respected Mercedes marque. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 the first trip by a woman driver. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W_Higgins Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Mercedes makes nice films. I like this version: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert G. Smits Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Mark, thank you for posting. I have owned Mercedes since 1974 and was long aware of the importance of Berths Benz but was not aware of the origin of the name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Thanks for the videos, guys. I knew Jellinek named Mercedes after his daughter, but I didn't know about her sad end or about Bertha Benz. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Carl Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Thanks, Mark. Here's one of them in the flesh : 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted August 9, 2020 Share Posted August 9, 2020 Filthiest engine I ever worked on was a 170D. Have two at the moment but not entirely sure why. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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