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- Many know the story that Mercedes was named for a girl. But few know that the girl was Jewish: Adriana Jellinek, nicknamed Mercedes. Her father was Emil Jellinek, the entrepreneur responsible for the introduction of the engine that he named after his daughter. And his father was Adolf Jellinek, a famed Austrian rabbi.
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Sep 16, 2013 · September 16, 1889, is the birthdate of “Mercedes” Adrienne Manuela Ramona Jellinek, the namesake of Mercedes-Benz cars. Even though her father’s involvement with the car's manufacturer, Daimler, ended before World War I, the company maintained the name for its line of cars.
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Apr 12, 2011 · The son of a distinguished Hungarian-born rabbi, Jellinek led an adventurous early life, later settling for some time in Morocco, where he swept up a beautiful Sephardic bride—and that is how the...
Mercédès Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek (16 September 1889 – 23 February 1929) was the daughter of Austrian automobile entrepreneur Emil Jellinek and his first wife Rachel Goggmann Cenrobert. She was born in Vienna.
Sep 24, 2014 · Her paternal grandfather, Adolf Jellinek, was rabbi of Vienna’s Leopoldstadt synagogue, moving to the Seitenstetten synagogue in 1865, where he was considered to be the city’s unofficial chief...
Jun 28, 2012 · Mercedes was the daughter of German businessman and gentleman racer Emil Jellinek. One of his ventures was selling cars, and when he discovered Daimler and Maybach's car, the Phoenix, he worked...
Jun 5, 2019 · For those who are wondering where the “Mercedes” came from: Daimler’s first client, a seasoned businessman named Emil Jellinek, made his purchase of the company’s first cars conditional upon naming them after his daughter Mercedes. A group of Jewish friends in their car, on an outing. Austria 1919.
Oct 19, 2001 · Mercedes's father, Emil Jellinek, was a bon vivant whose own father had sent him to Morocco to seek his fortune. Jellinek traded tobacco, married into a prominent family and turned to banking.
