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Georg Donatus and his family tragically died in an airplane crash in Belgium on November 16, 1937, while en route to London for the wedding of his brother, Prince Ludwig. The crash claimed the lives of Georg Donatus, Cecilie, their two young sons, and Cecilie’s unborn child.

Ernst Louis and his son Georg Donatus in 1907❤️.

Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine with his two sons, Hereditary Grand Duke Georg Donatus (left) and Prince Ludwig (right), in Rosenhöhe Park, summer 1916

Johanna was the only survivor of her family who died in the plane crash in 1937 in Belgium, which claimed the lives of her grandmother Eleonore, her parents Georg and Cecilie, her brothers Ludwig and Alexander, and a newborn brother, but unfortunately my little Johanna died at the age of only 2 due to meningitis in 1939.

Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine 1871.

Little Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine.