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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.
Nov 16, 2022 · 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.
Greek Orthodox (from 1928) Signature. Princess Alice of Battenberg (Victoria Alice Elizabeth Julia Marie; 25 February 1885 – 5 December 1969) was the mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, mother-in-law of Queen Elizabeth II, and paternal grandmother of King Charles III. After marrying Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark in 1903, she ...
Dec 10, 2023 · Her parents, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine and Louis, Prince of Battenberg, were German and had three other children.
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Feb 25, 2024 · Features. Princess Alice of Battenberg: a war-time hero. By Jessica Storoschuk. 25th February 2024. The late Duke of Edinburgh was an anchor of support for Queen Elizabeth II throughout her...
Apr 14, 2021 · Like something from a Greek tragedy, she was only reunited with her family in 1937 when they all attended the funeral of her daughter Princess Cecilie, who died with her husband and two sons in...
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Known as Princess Andrew, she shared in many of the tragic events that afflicted Greece in the 20th century. Her husband Prince Andrew was commander of a Greek army corps in the illfated war against Turkey, which ended catastrophically in a Greek military rout in 1922.
