Person:Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1)
Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
b.20 Sep 1886 Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany
d.6 May 1954 Bad Kissingen, Kissingen, Unterfranken, Bayern, Germany
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin1879 - 1952
  2. Frederick Francis IV _____, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg1882 - 1945
  3. Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin1886 - 1954
Spouse and Children
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m. 6 Jun 1905
  1. Prince Wilhelm of Prussia1906 - 1940
  2. Louis Ferdinand _____, Prince of Prussia1907 - 1994
  3. Prince Hubertus of Prussia1909 - 1950
  4. Prince Frederick of Prussia1911 - 1966
  5. Alexandrine Irene of Prussia1915 - 1980
  6. Cecilie Viktoria of Prussia1917 - 1975
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Facts and Events
Name Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Gender Female
Birth[1] 20 Sep 1886 Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany
Marriage 6 Jun 1905 Berlin, Brandenburg, Preußen, Germanyto William _____, German Crown Prince
Death[1] 6 May 1954 Bad Kissingen, Kissingen, Unterfranken, Bayern, Germany
Reference Number? Q235812?


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Duchess Cecilie Auguste Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (20 September 1886 – 6 May 1954) was the last German Crown Princess and Crown Princess of Prussia as the wife of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, the son of German Emperor Wilhelm II.

Cecilie was a daughter of Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia. She was brought up with simplicity. and her early life was , spending summers in Mecklenburg and the rest of the year in the south of France. After the death of her father, she traveled every summer between 1898 and 1904 to her mother's native Russia. On 6 June 1905, she married German Crown Prince Wilhelm. The couple had four sons and two daughters. Cecilie, tall and statuesque, became popular in Germany for her sense of style. However, her husband was a womanizer and the marriage was unhappy.

After the fall of the German monarchy, at the end of World War I, Cecilie and her husband lived mostly apart. During the Weimar Republic and the Nazi period, Cecilie lived a private life mainly at Cecilienhof Palace in Potsdam. With the advance of the Soviet troops, she left the Cecilienhof in February 1945, never to return. She settled in Bad Kissingen until 1952 when she moved to an apartment in the Frauenkopf district of Stuttgart. In 1952, she published a book of memoirs. She died two years later.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
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