Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark
| Princess Cecilie | |
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| Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse | |
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| Born |
22 June 1911 Tatoi Palace, Tatoi, Greece |
| Died | 16 November 1937 (aged 26) Ostend, Belgium |
| Burial | Rosenhöhe, Darmstadt |
| Spouse | Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse |
| Issue |
Prince Ludwig Prince Alexander Princess Johanna |
| House | Glücksburg |
| Father | Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark |
| Mother | Princess Alice of Battenberg |
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Styles of Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark |
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| Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Ma'am |
Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (Greek: Πριγκίπισσα Καικιλία της Ελλάδας και Δανίας) (22 June 1911 – 16 November 1937) was the wife of Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus of Hesse and third eldest sister to Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
Cecilie was the third child and daughter of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice of Battenberg. She was born on 22 June 1911 at the summer estate of the Greek Royal Family at Tatoi, fifteen kilometres north of Athens. Although her given name was Cecilie, she was known to her family as Cécile.
Cecilie was baptised at Tatoi on 2 July 1911. Her godparents were King George V of the United Kingdom, Grand Duke Ernst Louis of Hesse, Prince Nicholas of Greece and Duchess Vera of Württemberg.
Through her father Cecilie was a grandchild of King George I of Greece and his wife Grand Duchess Olga Konstantinova of Russia (a granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia). Through her mother she was a great-great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. Cecilie had three sisters: Margarita (wife of Prince Gottfried of Hohenlohe-Langenburg), Theodora (wife of Berthold, Margrave of Baden) and Sophie (wife firstly of Prince Christoph of Hesse and secondly of Prince Georg Wilhelm of Hanover). Her brother Philip, later Duke of Edinburgh, is the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.
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