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Posted Saturday, November 16, 2024
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On This Day in History - November 16, 1937
November 16, 1937 #OTD Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, by birth a Greek and Danish princess who became titular Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine through her marriage to Prince Georg Donatus, pretender to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. She was also the third-eldest sister to Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark (later Duke of Edinburgh). Cecilie died in a plane crash in 1937 including her newborn baby she had given birth on the plane. (Born: 1911), died on this day in Ostend, Belgium in a plane crash, aged 26.
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