Background
She was born in Vienna. 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.
She was born in Vienna. 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.
Also, at the 1902 Paris Automobile exhibition, her father hung a large picture of her. Mercédès lived in Vienna, and was notorious for marrying twice scandalously. 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).
In 1918, Mercédès was begging for food in the streets. She played music and had a good soprano voice, but never shared her father"s passion for automobiles.
In 1926, the Daimler company merged with the Benz company.
Although the company traded as Daimler-Benz it gave the name Mercedes-Benz to its cars to preserve the respected Mercedes marque.