Daisy, Princess of Pless

Daisy
Princess of Pless
BornMary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West
28 June 1873
Ruthin Castle, Denbighshire, Wales
Died29 June 1943(1943-06-29) (aged 70)
Waldenburg, Silesia
(present-day Poland)
SpouseHans Heinrich XV von Hochberg
IssueHans Heinrich XVII
Alexander
Bolko
Names
Mary Theresa Olivia
HouseHochberg (by marriage)
FatherCol. William Cornwallis-West
MotherMary "Patsy" FitzPatrick

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. During her marriage, she was a member of one of the wealthiest European noble families. 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 .