However, we furnished it really comfortably and led a harmonious and happy life.At the end of 1913, Wilhelm was recalled to Berlin to the General Staff. Cecilie was a daughter of Friedrich-Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia, the only daughter and second child of Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievich of Russia and a granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. They had met for the first time in July during the wedding of Cecilie’s brother Frederick Francis to Princess Alexandra of Hanover. She died on 6 May 1954 in the presence of three of her children. By then, it was a marriage “in name only”. On 4 September 1904, the engagement between Cecilie and Wilhelm, the German Crown Prince was announced. They had six children:Cecilienthof – court of honor.

photo: By Gryffindor, panorama made by Digon – Own work, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2180563Following their marriage, the couple made their home at the As Crown Princess, Cecilie was immensely popular and took on quite a bit of charity work. Their beloved home was seized by the Soviets, and would later be the site of the Churchill, Truman and Stalin at Cecilienhof for the Potsdam Conference, July 25, 1945. source: WikipediaCecilie settled in Bad Kissingen, Germany for the next several years, while her husband lived in Hechingen until his death in July 1951. I began this website in 2013 because I wanted to share these women's amazing stories. You can search for royalty-related items - or anything else - by using this link. Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)We use cookies to ensure a personalised experience on our website. She was buried six days later beside her husband at Doing some shopping on Amazon? Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Führer’s Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals by James Longo Book ReviewOutlaw King Movie Review – Where are all the women?Subscribe to our weekly newsletter and join our 4,301 subscribers to stay up to date on History of Royal Women's articles!Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Her sister-in-law Viktoria Luise wrote of Cecilie,I remembered my father’s word of welcome to her, how he reminded us of the great Queen Luise and other princesses on the throne of Prussia and held them up to his daughter-in-law as a standard for her future life and its work, like a question he asked of the future. On June 6, 1905, Cecilie married Crown Prince Wilhelm in ceremonies held in the Royal Chapel of the Berlin Palace and the Berlin Cathedral in Berlin, KIngdom of Prussia, now in Brandenburg, Germany. She was buried six days later beside her husband at Hohenzollern Castle in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. They had met for the first time in July during the wedding of Cecilie’s brother Frederick Francis to Princess Alexandra of Hanover. Cecilienhof became the property of the state, but Cecilie and Wilhelm were given the right of residence for three generations. Just before the war was over, Cecilie’s husband left to take a cure at Oberstdorf while Cecilie went to Oels. After the death of her father, she travelled every summer between 1898 and 1904 to her mother's native Russia. He had given up his succession rights to marry Dorothea von Salviati and had two young daughters with her. They once again moved into the Marble Palace. Cecilie and her mother-in-law threw themselves into charity work and Cecilie transformed Oels Castle into a military hospital. Thanks! The following year, Cecilie moved to an apartment in the Frauenkopf district in Stuttgart. Their engagement was announced in September 1904 in Schwerin. I come here as if I am a visitor.” The start of the First World War saw Cecilie’s dream of moving into the Cecilienhof crumble. The Crown Princess had grown in stature, beyond any comparison. The Cecilienhof was put under observation. Cecilie and Wilhelm married on 6 June 1905 with Cecilie’s brother toasting the following, Cecilie was a daughter of Friedrich Franz III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia. Later that year, her sister, Queen Alexandrine of Denmark, died and Cecilie never fully recovered from the loss.Cecilie, German Crown Princess and Crown Princess of Prussia, died on May 6, 1954 – her late husband’s birthday – while visiting Bad Kissingen. That same year, her memoirs were published and she made another visit to England where she attended the christening of her granddaughter and enjoyed a final visit with the Dowager Queen Mary. In 1923, the Crown Prince escaped his exile and returned home to his family and the years apart had made Cecilie an independent woman.It was finally agreed that the family should have a lifelong right to Oels Castle and Cecilienhof.