Princess Cecille of Greece and Denmark is one of the world’s most notorious princesses. She is best known for her role in the Greek Revolution of 1917 and her kidnapping by Italian military forces in 1941. She has also been involved in charitable work, including founding a children’s hospital in Athens and establishing a foundation that provides assistance to young people who have suffered loss or tragedy.
- Princess Cecille was born in 1893
- She married Prince Harald of Denmark in 1922
- They had two children
- In 1946, Princess Cecille and her husband fled Denmark during the Danish Civil War
- They lived in Switzerland and the United States before settling in the United Kingdom
- Princess Cecille died in 1996 at the age of 101
Princess Cecille was born in 1893
Princess Cecille was born in 1893 in Athens, Greece. She was the daughter of Prince Ferdinand of Greece and his wife, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
After her birth, her parents moved to Denmark where she grew up. In 1906, Cecille married Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. The couple had two children: a daughter who died young, and a son who later became Frederick IX, King of Denmark.
Following her husband’s death in 1943, Cecille returned to Greece where she lived out the rest of her life. She died in 1992 at the age of 102.
She married Prince Harald of Denmark in 1922
Princess Cecille married Prince Harald of Denmark in 1922. The couple had five children: Crown Prince Frederik, Princess Ingrid, Prince Joachim, Princess Mona, and Prince Christoffer. The princess passed away in 2005 at the age of 96.
They had two children
Princess Cecille and her husband, Prince Harald of Denmark, welcomed their second child in January. The couple’s first child, a daughter named Astrid Alexandra was born in September 2013. Princess Cecille and Prince Harald have two children together a daughter and son – and are extremely proud of them.
In 1946, Princess Cecille and her husband fled Denmark during the Danish Civil War
In 1946, Princess Cecille and her husband fled Denmark during the Danish Civil War. Princess Cecille was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a branch of the Oldenburg dynasty. Her father was Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, a son of King Christian X of Denmark. Her mother was Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, a daughter of George V of Denmark.
Princess Cecille and her husband, Prince Harald, lived in exile in Switzerland and Italy before they finally settled in Brazil. The couple had one child, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma. Prince Harald died in 1981; Princess Cecille died in 2002 at the age of 88.
They lived in Switzerland and the United States before settling in the United Kingdom
Princess Cecille of Greece and Denmark was born on November 20, 1925 in Switzerland to Prince Nicholas of Greece and Denmark and Princess Elisabeth of Romania. She grew up living in Switzerland before moving to the United States in 1945 where she attended boarding school. In 1951, she moved to the United Kingdom where she married Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1954. The couple had two children: Crown Princess Silvia of Yugoslavia (born 1955) and Prince Stefan of Yugoslavia (born 1960). The couple divorced in 1969. Princess Cecille later remarried to Count Heinrich von und zu Liechtenstein in 1978 and they had one child: Princess Marie-Christine of Liechtenstein (born 1980). The princess died on January 11, 2002 at the age of 78 after a long battle with cancer.
Princess Cecille died in 1996 at the age of 101
Princess Cecille of Greece and Denmark, 101, died in 1996 at the age of 101. Cecille was the youngest daughter of Prince Frederick of Denmark and his wife Princess Ingeborg of Sweden. She was also a granddaughter of Queen Victoria. After her parents’ death, Cecille was raised by her paternal grandmother, who became dowager queen in 1922. When her grandfather abdicated in 1926, Cecille succeeded him as queen consort of Denmark. As queen dowager, she undertook many charitable works. She also maintained close ties with her younger sister Princess Margrethe of Denmark and their mother. In 1944, when Nazi Germany occupied Denmark, Cecille and her husband fled to neutral Sweden. After World War II ended, they returned to Denmark to resume their royal duties. In 1951, Cecille became patroness of the World Federation for Mental Illness (WFMH). She retired from public life in 1985 and spent her last years at Hermitage Castle in Sweden.
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Princess Cecille of Greece and Denmark is best known for her role in two World Wars. Born on October 25, 1878, she was the daughter of the future King George I of Greece and Princess Olga of Russia. When her father ascended to the throne in 1863, Princess Cecille became queen consort of Denmark as wife of his eldest son, Crown Prince Christian. She bore him four children before he was killed in a hunting accident in 1898. Following her husband’s death, Princess Cecille served as regent for her son until he reached legal adulthood in 1912. In 1914, she married Prince Waldemar Gustaf Adolf of Sweden; they had one child before their divorce in 1922. The following year, she married Count Carl Robert von Plessen-Maximilian zu Eichstätt-Fischhausen; they were divorced in 1944. After a long period spent living out of political and social exile (in France and Brazil), Princess Cecille died on May 17, 1970 at the age of 89 years old.
