Category:Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse

**Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse**
	German noble (1906–1937)
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Date of birth	8 November 1906; Darmstadt
Date of death	16 November 1937; Ostend
Manner of death	accidental death;
Cause of death	Sabena OO-AUB Ostend crash;
Country of citizenship	German Reich;
Occupation	aristocrat;
Member of political party	Nazi Party;
Noble title	grand duke;
Family	Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt;
Father	Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine;
Mother	Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich;
Sibling	Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine (younger brother); Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (paternal half-sister, elder sister); stillborn son von Hessen-Darmstadt (paternal half-brother, elder brother);
Child	Prince Ludwig of Hesse and by Rhine; Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine; Princess Johanna of Hesse and by Rhine; unnamed son von Hessen-Darmstadt;
Spouse	Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark (1931–1937);
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Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse (November 8, 1906 - November 16, 1937), the eldest son and heir of Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, was the husband of Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark and the elder brother of Louis, Prince of Hesse. With George Donatus she had four children:

Name	Birth	Death	Notes
His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Ludwig Ernst Andreas of Hesse	25 October 1931	16 November 1937	Killed in air accident
His Grand Ducal Highness Prince Alexander Georg Karl Heinrich of Hesse	14 April 1933	16 November 1937	Killed in air accident
Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Johanna Marina Eleonore of Hesse	20 September 1936	14 June 1939	Died from meningitis.
Stillborn son	16 November 1937	16 November 1937	Stillborn in air accident