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580:- a noted society beauty in the Edwardian period, and a member of one of the wealthiest European noble families. She is the first wife of Hans Heinrich XV. During her marriage Daisy, known as the Princess of Pless, became a social reformer and militated for peace with her friends Wilhelm II, German Emperor and King Edward VII of the United Kingdom. Distressed Princess Daisy turns to the Emperor for help in order to escape from her tyrannical, cynical and obsessed husband. Upon the Kaiser's refusal she becomes involved in a scandalous affair that would later have devastating consequences on the von Teuss family and her marriage. The Prince eventually divorced Daisy in the 1920s.
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