Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz explained

Georg August
Full Name:	German: Georg August Ernst Adolph Karl Ludwig
Spouse:	Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia
Issue:	Helene, Princess Albert of Saxe-Altenburg Duke Georg Alexander Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
House:	House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Father:	George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Mother:	Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel
Birth Date:	11 January 1824
Birth Place:	Neustrelitz, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Death Place:	St. Petersburg, Russian Empire

Georg August (11 January 1824 – 20 June 1876) was a member of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Life

He was born in Neustrelitz as second son of George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779-1860) and his wife Marie (1796-1880), daughter of Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen. His paternal grandparents were Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt.

His sister Caroline Mariane married Frederick VII of Denmark. On 1860 his elder brother Frederick William succeeded their father as Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

George August died on 20 June 1876 in St. Petersburg, at the age of 52. The line of his son George soon died out; since his first son had married morganatically, his second son Charles Michael became titular grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Marriage and children

On 16 February 1851 in St. Petersburg, George August married Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia (1827-1894), daughter of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia and had issue:

• Nikolaus (born and died 11 July 1854).
• Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (16 January 1857 – 28 August 1936), married Prince Albert of Saxe-Altenburg.
• Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (6 June 1859 – 5 December 1909), he was Major General, Commander of the Life Guard Dragoon Regiment in the Russian army and a music lover, a skillful cellist and composer.
• Maria-Frederica (3 June 1861 - 16 December 1861).^{[1] [2]}
• Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (17 June 1863 – 6 December 1934), titular grand duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Honours and arms

Orders and decorations

• Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the House Order of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore, 15 November 1864^[3]
• : Grand Cross of the Royal Guelphic Order, 1842^[4]
• Electorate of Hesse: Grand Cross of the House Order of the Golden Lion, 18 December 1844^[5]
• :
  • Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-called, July 1850;^[6] in Diamonds, February 1851
  • Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, July 1850^[6]
  • Knight of the Imperial Order of the White Eagle, July 1850^[6]
  • Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Anna, 1st Class, July 1850^[6]
  • Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir, 2nd Class, August 1856;^[6] 1st Class, March 1866
• Kingdom of Prussia:
  • Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle, 15 August 1851
  • Knight of the Order of the Red Eagle, 1st Class^[6]
• : Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of Saint Stephen, 1860^[7]
• : Grand Cross of the House and Merit Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Golden Crown, 8 August 1860^[8]
• : Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau, May 1863^[9]
• : Grand Cross of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig, 11 September 1864^[10]
• : Grand Cross of the Order of the White Falcon, 1 June 1868^[11]
• Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant, 1 September 1868^[12]
• : Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown, 1872^[13]

Sources

• Erstling, Frank; Frank Saß; Eberhard Schulze; Harald Witzke (April 2001). "Das Fürstenhaus von Mecklenburg-Strelitz". Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Beiträge zur Geschichte einer Region (in German). Friedland: Steffen. .
• Huberty, Michel; Alain Giraud; F. et B. Magdelaine. L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg. .

Literature

• Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Beiträge zur Geschichte einer Region. Friedland i. Meckl.: Steffen, ²2001
• Book: Grewolls . Grete . Wer war wer in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Das Personenlexikon . 2011 . Hinstorff Verlag . Rostock . 978-3-356-01301-6 . 4830 . de.

Bibliography

• Beéche, Arturo. The Grand Duchesses. Eurohistory, 2004.
• Katin-Yartsev, M and Shumkov, A. Costume Ball at the Winter Palace. Russky Antiquariat, 2003,
• Korneva, Galina & Cheboksarova, Tatiana. Russia & Europe: Dynastic Ties . Eurohistory, 2013.

External links

• • Duchess Helene | House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
• Duke Carl Michael | House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Notes and References

1. Web site: Вел. княгиня Екатерина Михайловна (1827–1894). 28 July 2020. Хранители Каменноостровского дворца!. en-US.
2. Web site: Maria von Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg), Prinzessin von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1861 - 1861) - Genealogy. 20 March 2023. geni.com. en-US.
3. Book: Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Mecklenburg-Strelitz: 1866 . Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen . Neustrelitz . Druck und Debit der Buchdruckerei von G. F. Spalding und Sohn . 1866 . 11. German .
4. Book: Staat Hannover . Hof- und Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Hannover: 1865 . Berenberg . 1865 . 75.
5. Kurfürstlich Hessisches Hof- und Staatshandbuch: 1866, "Kurfürstliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen", p. 15
6. Grossherzoglich Mecklenburg-Strelitzscher Staatskalendar, 1858, p. 3
7. http://tornai.com/rendtagok.htm "A Szent István Rend tagjai"
8. Book: https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb11041002?page=42,43 . Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: 1879 . Der Großherzogliche Haus-und Verdienst-orden des Herzogs Peter Friedrich Ludwig . Oldenburg . Schulze . 1879 . 27.
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10. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Grossherzogtums Hessen (1870), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen", p. 11
11. Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1864), "Großherzogliche Hausorden", p. 12
12. Book: 1875 . 1st pub.:1801 . Bille-Hansen . A. C. . Holck . Harald . Statshaandbog for Kongeriget Danmark for Aaret 1875 . State Manual of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Year 1875 . PDF . Kongelig Dansk Hof- og Statskalender . da . Copenhagen . J.H. Schultz A.-S. Universitetsbogtrykkeri . 4 . .
13. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1873), "Königliche Orden" p. 32