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- The third of five children of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, Cecilie had a happy childhood. In her early years, however, she witnessed the Balkan Wars (1912–1913), followed by the First World War (1914–1918) and the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922).
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The third daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg, Cecilie was born at Tatoi Palace, near Athens, on 22 June 1911.
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.
Battenberg family, a family that rose to international prominence in the 19th and 20th centuries, the name being a revival of a medieval title. Its notable members included Prince Philip, who was married to England’s Queen Elizabeth II.
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Apr 15, 2021 · His favorite was Cecilie, lovely, cheerful and ten years his senior. In 1931, Cecilie married the handsome Georg Donatus, Grand Duke of Hesse, with her little brother serving as train bearer.
Apr 26, 2021 · Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark was born on 22 June 1911 as the third daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg. Her elder sisters were Margarita and Theodora . Her younger siblings were Sophie and Philip (later Duke of Edinburgh as the consort of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom).
The name Battenberg, in its anglicised form, is now a part of the personal surname (Mountbatten-Windsor) of some members of the British royal family. In 1897, Prince Francis Joseph of Battenberg married Princess Anna of Montenegro, [5] a sister of Queen Elena of Italy and a maternal aunt of Alexander I of Yugoslavia.
Apr 14, 2021 · The life of Princess Alice of Battenberg is an embodiment of the old saying that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. The mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who died on April 9...
