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Death. In October 1937, Georg Donatus' father, Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse, died. A few weeks after the funeral, the new Grand Duke's younger brother, Prince Louis, was due to be married to the Hon. Margaret Geddes, daughter of Lord Geddes.
3 days ago · The six graves in a row are the ones of Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig (1868-1937), Grand Duchess Eleonore (1871-1937), Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus (1906-1937), Hereditary Grand Duchess Cecilie (1911-1937), Prince Ludwig (1931-1937) and Prince Alexander (1933-1937).
Nov 24, 2019 · The Funeral of Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse-Darmstadt, Princess Cecilie, Grand Duchess of Hesse, Dowager Grand Duchess Eleanor, Prince Ludwig, and Prince Alexander at the Rosenhöhe in Darmstadt on this day in 1937, who had died in a plane crash en-route to London to attended the wedding of Prince Louis of Hesse, the new Head of the Royal ...
Onboard the plane were most of the members of the Grand Ducal Family of Hesse and by Rhine – Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus, his wife the former Princess Cecilie of Greece, their two elder children, Ludwig and Alexander, and Georg Donatus’ widowed mother, the Dowager Grand Duchess Eleonore.
Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (November 8, 1906 - November 16, 1937), the eldest son and heir of Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, was the husband of Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark and the elder brother of Louis, Prince of Hesse. With George Donatus she had four children:
Nov 16, 2022 · Cecilie was buried with her husband and three of her children, including her stillborn son, in Darmstadt at the Rosenhöhe, the traditional burial place of the Hesse family. Photos from their funeral shows Prince Philip flanked by grieving relatives, all wearing distinctive Nazi uniforms.
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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.
