Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (22 June 1911 – 16 November 1937) was a member of the Greek and Danish royal families and by marriage, a member of the German princely House of Hesse-Darmstadt.
Birth and Family: She was born in Tatoi Palace in Greece, a daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Her siblings included the future Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Her birth made her a princess of both Greece and Denmark.
Marriage: In 1931, she married Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse. This marriage connected her to the German nobility. More information can be found on the concept of Marriage.
Children: Cecilie and Georg Donatus had four children: Prince Ludwig, Prince Alexander, Princess Johanna, and a stillborn son.
Nazi Connections: Cecilie and her husband became increasingly involved with the Nazi Party, a controversial aspect of her life. More information can be found on the concept of Nazi%20Connections.
Death: Cecilie, her husband, two of their sons, and Georg Donatus's mother, Eleonore, Grand Duchess of Hesse, died in a plane crash near Ostend, Belgium, in November 1937, while en route to London for a wedding. The youngest child, Johanna, who was not on the plane, was adopted by her uncle, Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine, but died two years later. The circumstances surrounding the Death of the family were widely reported.
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