Georg of Mecklenburg (1824–1876)

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Duke Georg of Mecklenburg, Portrait of Iwan Nikolajewitsch Kramskoi (1876)

Georg August Ernst Adolf Karl Ludwig, Duke of Mecklenburg  [-Strelitz] (* 11. January 1824 in Neustrelitz , † June 8 . Jul / 20th June  1876 . Greg in Saint Petersburg , buried in Mirow ) was a Russian general and justified the Russian line of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz .

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Duke Georg was the fourth child and youngest son of Grand Duke Georg von Mecklenburg-Strelitz and his wife Marie von Hessen-Kassel . Friedrich Wilhelm (1819–1904), later Grand Duke of Mecklenburg (-Strelitz) and Karoline Charlotte Marianne (1821–1876) were his siblings.

In 1851 he married Grand Duchess Katharina Michailowna Romanowa (1827-1894), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pawlowitsch Romanow and Charlotte von Württemberg and granddaughter of Tsar Paul I, in Saint Petersburg in 1851. At the wedding, he received the estate and Remplin Palace as a family affidavit for himself and his descendants. The couple mostly lived in Saint Petersburg, where they resided in the Mikhailovsky Palace built for Katharina's father .

Georg and Katharina Mikhailovna had five children:

  • Nikolaus Georg Michael Carl (* / † July 11, 1854)
  • Helene (1857-1936)
∞ Albert von Sachsen-Altenburg

Georg's body was transferred to Mecklenburg and buried on June 27, 1876 in the princely crypt of the Mirow church.

In memory of him and his sister Caroline , who died shortly before him on June 1, 1876 , her mother, Grand Duchess Marie, donated the new building of the Remplin church.

literature

  • Jakob Caro: Duke Georg zu Meklenburg-Strelitz: a picture of life and character. Breslau: Koehler 1878

Web links

Commons : Georg zu Mecklenburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hans Witte (Ed.): Mirow, Festschrift 1227–1927. Verlag des Heimatverein, Mirow 1927, p. 26.
  2. ^ Friedrich Schlie : Art and History Monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Volume 5, Schwerin 1902, p. 116
personal data
SURNAME Georg of Mecklenburg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Georg August, Duke of Mecklenburg; Georg zu Mecklenburg (wrong form of name); Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (wrong name form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman and Russian general, member of the grand ducal house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustrelitz
DATE OF DEATH June 20, 1876
Place of death St. Petersburg