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Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

1886 - 1954

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Duchess Cecilie Auguste Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (20 September 1886 – 6 May 1954) was the last German Crown Princess and Crown Princess of Prussia as the wife of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, the son of Wilhelm II, German Emperor. Cecilie was a daughter of Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia. She was brought up with simplicity, and her early life was peripatetic, spending summers in Mecklenburg and the rest of the year in Southern France. After the death of her father, she traveled every summer between 1898 and 1904 to her mother's native Russia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin is the 302nd most popular nobleman (down from 232nd in 2019), the 1,263rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,083rd in 2019) and the 44th most popular German Nobleman.

Duchess Cecile of Mecklenburg-Schwerin is most famous for being the mother of Queen Elizabeth II of England.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ranks 302 out of 1,415. Before her are Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg, Bruno the Great, Anna d'Este, and Mathilde Bonaparte. After her are Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Anthony, Duke of Brabant, Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, and Frederick IV, Duke of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ranks 51. Before her are Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, Alain-Fournier, Franz Rosenzweig, Garegin Nzhdeh, Frank Lloyd, and Rex Stout. After her are Edward C. Tolman, Gottfried Benn, Willem Drees, Erich Fellgiebel, Gyula Gömbös, and Jisaburō Ozawa. Among people deceased in 1954, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ranks 30. Before her are Léon Jouhaux, Clemens Krauss, Martin Andersen Nexø, Charles Ives, Prince Ernst of Hohenberg, and Sadriddin Ayni. After her are Auguste Perret, Ivan Ilyin, Hannes Meyer, Thea von Harbou, Franco Alfano, and Aristides de Sousa Mendes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ranks 1,263 out of 7,253. Before her are Wolfgang von Trips (1928), Joachim Sauer (1949), Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658), Karl von Habsburg (1961), John Rabe (1882), and Leo Strauss (1899). After her are Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal (1855), Alexander Gauland (1941), Tilman Riemenschneider (1460), Franz Oppenheimer (1864), Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg (1744), and Alfred Weber (1868).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Germany

Among noblemen born in Germany, Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ranks 44. Before her are Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732), Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (1874), Princess Pauline of Württemberg (1810), Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt (1601), Elizabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate, Electress of Brandenburg (1597), and Bruno the Great (925). After her are Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal (1855), Henry the Middle, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1468), John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1589), George, Duke of Saxony (1471), Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833).

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