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Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark ( Greek: Καικιλία, romanized : Kaikilía; 22 June 1911 – 16 November 1937) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess who became titular Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine through her marriage to Prince Georg Donatus, pretender to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Hesse.
Born in June 1911, Cecilie was the third of Princess Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark’s five children. She had a happy childhood but also witnessed the Balkan Wars and the First World War, which had dramatic consequences and led to her family’s exile in Switzerland, and then in France.
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark was by birth a Greek and Danish princess who became titular Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine through her marriage to Prince Georg Donatus, pretender to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. She was also the third-eldest sister to Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark .
The Favorite Sister: Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark Philip was doted on by his four older sisters, Theodora, Margarita, Cecilie and Sophie. His favorite was Cecilie, lovely, cheerful...
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (22 June 1911 – 16 November 1937) was the sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. She was born in Tatoi, Greece as the third child and daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. She usually went by Cécile.
As a prince of Greece and Denmark, a military coup in 1922, reports BBC, forced his family to flee to Italy. In the following years, Vogue notes, his mother was institutionalized for a mental breakdown, later diagnosed as schizophrenia, and his father abandoned the family to live with his mistress.
The legendary marriage of the Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark took place on 2nd February 1931 at Darmstadt. The Princess married the handsome Georg Donatus, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse. They had three children, two boys and one baby daughter.
Indeed, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark did exist, (unlike Winston Churchill's fictional assistant Venetia Scott in the show) and was the third eldest sister to Prince Philip.
Cecilie was the third child and daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. She was born on 22 June 1911 at the summer estate of the Greek Royal Family at Tatoi, fifteen kilometres north of Athens. Although her given name was Cecilie, she was known to her family as Cécile.
Cecilie was the third child and daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. On 2 February 1931 at Darmstadt Cecilie married George Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. They had four children. In October 1937, Cecilie's father-in-law Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse died.
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Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark was by birth a Greek and Danish princess who became titular Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by ... Wikipedia
- June 22, 1911, Tatoi Palace, Greece
- November 16, 1937, Ostend, Belgium
- Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (m 1931 - 1937)
- Prince Alexander, Princess Johanna, Prince Ludwig, Unnamed son
- Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Princess Alice of Battenberg
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