Mercédès Jellinek
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Mercédès Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek (16 September 1889 – 23 February 1929)[1] was the daughter of Austrian automobile entrepreneur Emil Jellinek and his first wife Rachel Goggmann Cenrobert. She was born in Vienna.[2] 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.[3]
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Born | (1889-09-16)16 September 1889 |
Died | 23 February 1929(1929-02-23) (aged 39) Vienna, Republic of Austria |
Occupation | Soprano |
Known for | Eponym of the Mercedes marque |
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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 after Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft registered Mercedes as a trademark in 1902.[4][5] Mercedes is a Spanish female name meaning mercies (Spanish: merced f sg, "mercy", mercedes f pl, "mercies").[6]