Princess Cecilie Mountbatten Of Greece 1911

Princess Cecilie Mountbatten Of GreeceAge: 261911–1937

Name: Princess Cecilie Mountbatten Of Greece

Given names: Cecilie

Surname: Mountbatten

Name prefix: Princess

Name suffix: Of Greece

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Birth	1911 29 26
Australian History	1911 Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
Australian History	1912 (Age 12 months) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Death of a paternal grandfather	18 March 1913 (Age 2) Salonika, Greece paternal grandfather - George Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg
Australian History	1913 (Age 2) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History	1913 (Age 2) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Birth of a sister	1914 (Age 3) younger sister - Sophia …
Australian History	1914 (Age 3) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	1915 (Age 4) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History	1916 (Age 5) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History	1917 (Age 6) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Australian History	1918 (Age 7) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Australian History	1919 (Age 8) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	1920 (Age 9) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Birth of a brother	10 June 1921 (Age 10) Isle Of Kerkira, Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece younger brother - Philip Mountbatten
Death of a maternal grandfather	1921 (Age 10) maternal grandfather - Prince Louis … Of Battenberg
Australian History	1921 (Age 10) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 11) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 12) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death of a paternal grandmother	1926 (Age 15) paternal grandmother - Princess Olga Constantinovna …
Australian History	1926 (Age 15) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	1927 (Age 16) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History	1928 (Age 17) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History	1929 (Age 18) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Marriage of a sister	Sophia … - View family 1930 (Age 19) brother-in-law - Prince Christopher … Of Hesse younger sister - Sophia …
Australian History	1930 (Age 19) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Marriage	Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse - View family 1931 (Age 20)
Birth of a son #1	1931 (Age 20) son - Louis …
Marriage of a sister	Margarita Mountbatten - View family 1931 (Age 20) brother-in-law - Prince Gottfried … Of Hohenlohe-Lagenburg elder sister - Margarita Mountbatten
Marriage of a sister	Theodora Mountbatten - View family 1931 (Age 20) brother-in-law - Berthold … Of Baden Margrave elder sister - Theodora Mountbatten
Australian History	1931 (Age 20) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History	1932 (Age 21) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Birth of a son #2	1933 (Age 22) son - Alexander …
Australian History	1933 (Age 22) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Birth of a daughter #3	1936 (Age 25) daughter - Joanna …
Australian History	1936 (Age 25) Note: The last Thylacine dies
Death of a husband	1937 (on the date of death) husband - Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse
Death of a son	1937 (on the date of death) son - Louis …
Death of a son	1937 (on the date of death) son - Alexander …
Australian History	1937 (on the date of death) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Death	1937 (Age 26)

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father	Prince Andrew … Of Greece Birth 1882 36 31 Death 1944 (Age 62) Loading...
3 years mother	Princess Alice … Of Battenberg Birth 1885 31 22 Death about 1969 (Age 84) Buckingham, Palace, London, England Loading...
	Marriage: 1903
2 years #1 elder sister	Margarita Mountbatten Birth 1905 23 20 Death 1981 (Age 76) Loading...
1 year #2 elder sister	Theodora Mountbatten Birth 1906 24 21 Death 1960 (Age 54) Loading...
5 years #3 herself	Princess Cecilie Mountbatten Of Greece Birth 1911 29 26 Death 1937 (Age 26) Loading...
3 years #4 younger sister	Sophia … Birth 1914 32 29 Death yes Loading...
7 years #5 younger brother	Philip Mountbatten Birth 10 June 1921 39 36 Isle Of Kerkira, Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece Death yes Loading...

Family with Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse - View family

husband	Grand Duke George Donatus … Of Hesse Birth 1906 38 35 Death 1937 (Age 31) Loading...
5 years herself	Princess Cecilie Mountbatten Of Greece Birth 1911 29 26 Death 1937 (Age 26) Loading...
	Marriage: 1931
#1 son	Louis … Birth 1931 25 20 Death 1937 (Age 6) Loading...
2 years #2 son	Alexander … Birth 1933 27 22 Death 1937 (Age 4) Loading...
3 years #3 daughter	Joanna … Birth 1936 30 25 Death 1939 (Age 3) Loading...