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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.
Jul 14, 2024 · Georg Donatus was identified because of his wallet. Between the pieces of the wreckage also the head of a tiny baby was found, the doctor said it (apparently a son) must have been born during the crash, after a pregnancy of about eight months.
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 ...
The year 1929 was a turning point in Cecilie's life. She formed a relationship with her maternal cousin, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse. Around the same time, her mother was struck by a mental health crisis which led to her confinement in a Swiss psychiatric hospital until 1933.
Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse ( Georg Donatus Wilhelm Nikolaus Eduard Heinrich Karl, 8 November 1906 – 16 November 1937) was the first child of Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, and his second wife, Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich.
On November 16, 1937, Don, his wife Cecilie, their two sons Ludwig and Alexander, and his mother, Grand Duchess Eleonore, boarded a flight for London to attend Lu’s wedding. Tragically, the plane crashed in Belgium, and all aboard were killed.
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 .
