Georg Donatus of Hesse, and his family

[Gabriella]

Does anyone know who the lady next to Cecile is? One of her sisters?

The lady does look like Theodora, Cecile's sister. But I am not sure as the picture is blurry.

I was thinking it looked like Maria of Savoy (daughter of VEIII).

The lady looks very familiar. She reminds me of Mafalda of Savoy, the wife of Philip of Hesse, but I am not sure.

[Alexandre64]

Three generations of the Hesse family:

[Alexandre64]

Cecile and Johana:

[violetta]

cecile and george donatus

[HerrKaiser]

Cecilie and Georg Donatus were a strikingly handsome couple. Hollywood level.

I wonder how Prince Phillip thinks of his sister these days, if he even does.

[violetta]

well,time heals even the deepest wounds. it`s first-hand experience, unfortunately. when one thinks that pain is unbearable and it`s imposssible to sustain sufferings it turns out that in the course of time (it might take months and years) pain isn`t as strong as it used to be at the very beginning. though you never forget the deseased person. gd cecile died in 1937, it was over 70 years ago. he couldn`t have forgotten his sister. but no pain any more.

[HerrKaiser]

well,time heals even the deepest wounds. it`s first-hand experience, unfortunately. when one thinks that pain is unbearable and it`s imposssible to sustain sufferings it turns out that in the course of time (it might take months and years) pain isn`t as strong as it used to be at the very beginning. though you never forget the deseased person. gd cecile died in 1937, it was over 70 years ago. he couldn`t have forgotten his sister. but no pain any more.

agree with these thoughts, but my wonderment was more whether or not Phillip does much if anything to keep her memory alive with his own children, for example, or has he simply let his family fall into the abyss of historical notation while his grand children say "who is cecilie?"

[violetta]

[Sara Araújo]

George and Cecilie:

[miki_nastya]

I know there are pictures of Georg Donatus and his family in his father Ernest threat but what about his own topic? I don't know why
but I just love the couple George and Cecile...they seem so much in love 

[Svetabel]

I know there are pictures of Georg Donatus and his family in his father Ernest threat but what about his own topic? I don't know why
but I just love the couple George and Cecile...they seem so much in love 

Here you are. New topic on Georg Donatus and his family. I splitted the messages from the Ernst Ludwig topic and pasted them here.

Please, as always should remind, don't repeat the pictures.

[Eric_Lowe]

Don and Cecilie fell in love in the 1920's. Apart from the episode of Princess Ileana of Romania, was his name linked to other princesses ? Or Cecilie in that matter ?

[LauraO]

I've never heard of anyone else in connection to cecile in that way...but anyone feel free to correct me. However i'm sure there was someone else i read about..perhaps in a book about the mountbatten of burma, in connection to Georg Donatus in this way but only briefly...anyone know any more about that perhaps?

As far as the prince philip thing goes, i don't know, i don't think that anyone would think of someone they've lost everyday if that person died 70 years ago, especially at his age, he was quite young himself when she died, but i also think he's a proud family man and can well imagine him making quite sure that her name would be known.

I don't really see any resemblance between philip and his sister, does anyone else?

[Eric_Lowe]

Philip and his sister Sophie did look like each other in a way, as both were blonds. Cecilie Looked like her mother Alice while the others looked more Battenberg than Glucksborg.

[Kalafrana]

George Donatus was indeed a handsome fellow, but what did he actually DO during his lifetime? After all, he was 31 when he was killed.

Ann