Postcard Kronprinzessin Cecilie at sea

The ship Kronprinzessin Cecilie was named after the wife of the German Crown Prince (Kronprinz). Cecilie Augusts Marie, The daughter of the Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III. of Mecklenburg Schwerin married the Kronprinzen Friedrich William, the oldest son of the last German emperor Wilhelm II in June 1905. The pair had six children. Empress Auguste Viktoria, pushed on a early marriage of the son as possible. With an examination of further possible connections the pair of emperors had become attentive on the princess Cecilie from the house Mecklenburg Schwerin. On the occasion of carefully arranged meeting it is to have been then love at first sight between the beautiful, blood-young Cecilie and the Kronprinzen. The wedding day on 6 June 1905 became for Berlin a memorable event.