Georg of Mecklenburg (1748–1785)
Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg (born August 16, 1748 in Mirow ; † November 6, 1785 in Tyrnau ), often incorrectly called Georg August to distinguish it from other namesake in literature , was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and an Austrian officer, most recently Major general .
Life
Prince Georg, an uncle of Grand Duke Georg von Mecklenburg-Strelitz of the same name , was the youngest son of Hereditary Prince Karl (Ludwig Friedrich) and Elisabeth Albertine , born in Mirow . Princess of Saxony-Hildburghausen . Two of his brothers became regents of Mecklenburg-Strelitz : Adolf Friedrich IV. (Mecklenburg) and Karl II. (Mecklenburg) .
After the early death of his father in 1752, Georg grew up with his brother Adolf Friedrich IV at the court in Neustrelitz . He went on a grand tour to see his sister Sophie Charlotte , wife of King George III. , as well as to Holland ( University of Leiden ) and Paris. In 1765 he stayed in Rome , where he made the acquaintance of Winckelmann and together with him collected pieces for the petrefact collection of the Stargard pastor Gottlob Burchard Genzmer .
In London he entered the Royal Navy temporarily ; after his return to the continent he entered the Austrian service as a cavalry officer . In 1778 he was regimental commander of the Cavalry Regiment. 12, .
From 1773/74 he belonged to a Masonic lodge . Mozart's Maurerische Funeral Music KV 477 was first heard at the Maurerische Funeral Service for Duke Georg and the recently deceased Lodge Burder Franz Graf Esterházy von Galantha on November 17, 1785.
He remained unmarried and, after his early death at the age of 37, was buried in the then Hungarian, now Slovak town of Bösing ; on August 6, 1852 he was transferred to the royal crypt in Mirow .
Awards
- 1769: Elephant Order (290th award)
- Order of the White Eagle
literature
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 3219 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johann Heinrich Friedrich Berlien: The Elephant Order and its knights. Copenhagen: self-published 1846, p. 107
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Georg of Mecklenburg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Georg August, Duke of Mecklenburg; Georg August zu Mecklenburg (wrong name form); Georg August, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (wrong name form) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; Austrian officer, most recently major general |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1748 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mirow |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1785 |
| Place of death | Tyrnau |