Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

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

Georg August
Born(1824-01-11)11 January 1824
Neustrelitz, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Died20 June 1876(1876-06-20) (aged 52)
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
SpouseGrand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia
IssueHelene, Princess Albert of Saxe-Altenburg
Duke Georg Alexander
Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Names
German: Georg August Ernst Adolph Karl Ludwig
HouseHouse of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
FatherGeorge, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
MotherPrincess Marie of Hesse-Kassel
ReligionLutheranism

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:

Honours and arms
Coats of arms of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Orders and decorations

Ancestry

References
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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. ISBN 3-9807532-0-4.
  • Huberty, Michel; Alain Giraud; F. et B. Magdelaine. L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg. ISBN 978-2-901138-06-8.

Literature
  • Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Beiträge zur Geschichte einer Region. Friedland i. Meckl.: Steffen, 22001 ISBN 3-9807532-0-4
  • Grewolls, Grete (2011). Wer war wer in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Das Personenlexikon (in German). Rostock: Hinstorff Verlag. p. 4830. ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6.

Bibliography
  • Beéche, Arturo. The Grand Duchesses. Eurohistory, 2004. ISBN 0-9771961-1-9
  • Katin-Yartsev, M and Shumkov, A. Costume Ball at the Winter Palace. Russky Antiquariat, 2003, ISBN 5981290021
  • Korneva, Galina & Cheboksarova, Tatiana. Russia & Europe: Dynastic Ties . Eurohistory, 2013. ISBN 978-0-9854603-2-7
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