Family
She was the younger daughter of Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia.
Duchess Cecilie married William on 6 June 1905 in Berlin. Once she was married she was styled Her Imperial and Royal Highness The German Crown Princess and was also Crown Princess of Prussia. Her husband died in 1951, making her Dowager Princess. Cecilie died on 6 May 1954 of a stroke and had been ill for some time leading up to this. She and her husband are buried in the grounds of Hohenzollern Castle.
Their children were:
- Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940); married Dorothea von Salviati, had issue.
- Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, Head of the House of Hohenzollern (1907–1994); married Kira Kirillovna of Russia, had issue.
- Prince Hubertus of Prussia (1909–1950); married Baroness Maria von Humboldt-Dachroeden, no issue; married Magdalena of Reuss, had issue.
- Prince Friedrich of Prussia (1911–1966); married Lady Brigid Guinness, had issue.
- Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (1915–1980)
- Princess Cecilie of Prussia (1917–1975)
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