Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse [SEP] father
Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse
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. He was a nephew of Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse).
Marriage and children.
On 2 February 1931 at Darmstadt Georg, a great-grandson of Queen Victoria, married his first
children.
On 2 February 1931 at Darmstadt, Cecilie married Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine, her maternal first cousin once removed. They had four children:
On 1 May 1937 Cecilie and her husband both joined the Nazi Party.
Death.
In October 1937, Cecilie's father-in-law Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse died. A few weeks after the funeral, her brother-in-law Prince Ludwig was due to be married to the Hon. Margaret Campbell