Georg Karl of Hessen-Darmstadt
Georg Karl von Hessen-Darmstadt (born June 14, 1754 , † January 28, 1830 in Neustrelitz) was a German prince from the House of Hessen-Darmstadt .
Life
Prince Georg Karl von Hessen-Darmstadt was the third son of Georg Wilhelm von Hessen-Darmstadt and his wife Princess Maria Luise Albertine von Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg .
He had various financial transactions with Johann Heinrich Merck , which in the summer of 1788 finally contributed to the collapse of his cotton factory, which was founded in the spring of 1787.
Georg Karl was dishonorably discharged from the army (presumably because of a murder in affect) and had to go into exile in Upper Hungary, where he settled in the German administrative enclave Schüttrisberg-Schemnitz (today Bánky- Banská Štiavnica ). Here he continued to receive his allowance through the German Evangelical Church .
He entered into an inappropriate marriage, so that his descendants were excluded from the House of Hesse. His son Georg Hesz (* 1780; † 1856) devoted himself to the mechanization of silver mining in the region. After the death of his brother Ludwig Georg Karl von Hessen-Darmstadt in 1823, he declared himself ready to support his two daughters who were unclassified.
Georg Karl died on February 28, 1830 in the residence of his nephew, Grand Duke Georg von Mecklenburg-Strelitz , in Neustrelitz and was buried on February 2 in the princely crypt in the Mirow Castle Church. In addition to his sisters Friederike von Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Charlotte von Mecklenburg-Strelitz , his mother also rested there .
The House of Hessen-Darmstadt bought up all records about Georg Karl (about his marriage and descendants) and had them destroyed. In the family tables on the history of the European states, Marburg 1953, Volume I, Plate 104, he is listed without marriage and without descendants.
Web links
- Hessen-Darmstadt, Georg Carl Landgrave of. Hessian biography. (As of February 10, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Heinrich Merck, Briefwechsel Volume 1, p. 558
- ^ Archives in the Hessian State Archives in Darmstadt
- ↑ State Main Archive Schwerin, 4.3-1 Mecklenburg-Strelitzsches Princely House with Cabinet, No. I 401.
- ^ Georg Krüger-Haye: Art and historical monuments of the Free State of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . Volume 1: The Land of Stargard, Department 1. Neubrandenburg 1921, p. 178 .
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| SURNAME | Georg Karl of Hessen-Darmstadt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hessen-Darmstadt, Georg Karl von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German prince from the House of Hessen-Darmstadt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1754 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 28, 1830 |
| Place of death | Schüttrisberg (now Slovakia) |