Royalty
PRINCESS CECILIE OF PRUSSIA AT THE TIME OF HER ENGAGEMENT
[CECILIE
(Duchess Cecilie Auguste Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1886-1954, last German Crown Princess and Crown Princess of Prussia as the wife of Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, the son of Emperor Wilhelm II)]
Exceptionalred Unsigned Cabinet Photo by E. Bieber,
showing her head and shoulders as a young woman, in a white lacy dress with a single strand of pearls, with newspaper stamps on the verso that it was used by the Daily mail for her Obituary, 6½ x 4½, Berlin,
Item Date: 1904
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Background
During the wedding festivities of her brother Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in Schwerin in June 1904, the 17-year-old Duchess Cecilie got to know her future husband, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. Kaiser Wilhelm II had sent his eldest son to the festivities as his personal representative. Wilhelm was struck by her great beauty, and her dark hair and eyes. On 4th September 1904, the young couple celebrated their engagement at the Mecklenburg-Schwerin hunting lodge, Gelbensande. The kaiser as an engagement present had a wooden residence built nearby for the couple. On 5th September the first official photos of the couple were taken. The copyright date stamp shows 1905 so this may have been printed then.
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