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Daisy, Princess of Pless (Mary Theresa Olivia; née Cornwallis-West; 28 June 1873 – 29 June 1943) was a noted society beauty in the Edwardian period. Daisy and her husband Prince Hans Heinrich XV were the owners of large estates and coal mines in Silesia (now in Poland ) which brought an enormous fortune to the Hochbergs.
After his father's death in 1907, Hans Heinrich XV became the Prince of Pless and the owner of the largest estates in the German Empire – In Pless (Pszczyna) (approx. 40 thousand hectares of land, 6 coal mines, a brewery in Tychy and others) and in Waldenburg (Wałbrzych) (approx. 10 thousand hectares and 3 coal mines). These assets ...
The princess, called Daisy, lived there from 1891, when she married Prince Hans Heinrich XV and left her native England, until her death in 1943. The rooms are decorated with pictures of the princess and hunting trophies of her husband and the German Emperor. The highlight of the palace is its eclectic Chamber of Mirrors.
Hans Heinrich XV - Prince of Pless (Pszczyna) and the husband of Mary Theresa Olivia von Pless, also known as Princess Daisy and later Duchess Marisca. A member of one of the wealthiest European noble families, he is the owner of large estates and coal mines in Lower and Upper Silesia (Poland) which brought him enormous fortune and his ...
George Frederick Myddleton Cornwallis-West (1874–1951), who married the American heiress, Jennie Jerome in 1900, whom his mother was 292 days younger than. She was the former wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and the mother of future Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , Winston Churchill , whom George was just 16 days older than.
Princess Beatrice has welcomed her second baby with husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi. "Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice and Mr Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi are delighted to announce the safe arrival of ...
Coat of arms of the Prince of Pless, Count of Hochberg, Baron of Fürstenstein Coat of arms of the city of Pszczyna.. The Duchy of Pless (or the Duchy of Pszczyna, [1] German: Herzogtum Pleß, Polish: Księstwo Pszczyńskie) was a Duchy of Silesia, with its capital at Pless (present-day Pszczyna, Poland).
This is a category of people born in or strongly associated with the city of Pszczyna, Poland Wikimedia Commons has media related to People of Pszczyna . For more information, see Gmina Pszczyna .