Georg Alexander Duke of Mecklenburg

Georg Alexander Andreas Carl Michael Peter Philipp Ignatius Maria Herzog zu Mecklenburg (born August 27, 1921 in Nice ; † January 26, 1996 in Mirow ) was the eldest son of Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg and a great-great-grandson of Grand Duke Georg (1779–1860), of the regent of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and brother of Queen Luise of Prussia (1776–1810).

Life

Georg Alexander Herzog zu Mecklenburg was head of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz House from 1963 to 1996 after an agreement with the Mecklenburg-Schwerin House in 1950. He was Knight of Honor and Knight of Devotion to the Sovereign Order of Malta .

Until 1940 he lived at Remplin Castle near Malchin . On the night of April 11, 1940, it was set on fire at the instigation of the Gauleiter of Mecklenburg-Lübeck. In 1944, after his father was imprisoned in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp , the Gestapo interned him in a castle in Stauffenberg . After 1945 he was considered to be persecuted by the Nazi regime. He studied law and completed a banking apprenticeship .

Caused a stir the request Georg Alexander for restitution of during the Nazi dictatorship lost territories in Mecklenburg to his family in 1990. The process was considered one of the most difficult restitution proceedings in the unification process and was only ten years after his death in early 2006 finally in the sense of family and completed in agreement with the parties involved. Georg Alexander had refused to sue to speed up the process or to put pressure on the institutions. As early as the summer of 1991, at the invitation of the Mirow city ​​council, he had relocated to Mecklenburg and devoted himself in particular to history and monument protection . So z. B. the restoration of the monument on the island of love in front of the castle island on his initiative and support.

Son Borwin Herzog zu Mecklenburg (* 1956), besides his two sons the last bearer of the male form of the family name

He was buried in 1996 as the last family member to date in the princely crypt in the Johanniterkirche on the Schlossinsel (Mirow) .

family

Georg Alexander married Ilona von Habsburg-Lothringen in 1946 . From this marriage there were four children:

• Elisabeth Christine Duchess of Mecklenburg (* 1947) ⚭ 1975 Alhard Graf von dem Bussche-Ippenburg, called v. Kessell (* 1947), divorced in 1995
• Maria Katharina Duchess of Mecklenburg (* 1949) ⚭ 1978 Wolfgang von Wasielewski (* 1951)
• Irene Duchess of Mecklenburg (* 1952) ⚭ 1980 Constantin Harmsen (* 1954)
• Georg Borwin Herzog zu Mecklenburg (* 1956) Head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ⚭ 1986 Alice Wagner (* 1958)

Awards

• Grand Cross of the House Order of the Wendish Crown of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in Ore
• Cross of Honor 1st Class of the Princely Hohenzollern House Order
• Grand Cross of the Royal Montenegrin House Order of St. Petar
• Grand Cross of the Royal Romanian Order King Carol II.
• Fritz Reuter Medal

literature

• Frank Erstling u. a .: Mecklenburg-Strelitz, contributions to the history of a region. Volume 1 + 2. Druckerei Steffen GmbH, Friedland in Mecklenburg 2001, ISBN 3-9807532-0-4 and ISBN 3-9807532-7-1
• Lippert, Rajko: The Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Reutlingen 1994, ISBN 3-927292-50-8 (1st - 4th thousand)

Web links

• Literature about Georg Alexander Herzog zu Mecklenburg in the state bibliography MV
• Genealogy of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ( Memento from December 4, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
• Information on Remplin Castle

predecessor	Office	successor
Georg Duke of Mecklenburg	Head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1963–1996	Borwin Duke of Mecklenburg