George Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Georg Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (23 November 1838 – 19 January 1890) was the penultimate sovereign prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

George Albert
Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Born(1838-11-23)23 November 1838
Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Died19 January 1890(1890-01-19) (aged 51)
Rudolstadt, Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
HouseSchwarzburg-Rudolstadt
FatherAlbert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
MotherPrincess Augusta of Solms-Braunfels

Biography

He was born in Rudolstadt the son of Prince Albert of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and his wife Princess Augusta of Solms-Braunfels (1804–1865). Princess Augusta was the daughter of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels (1770–1814) and his wife Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1778–1841), the daughter of Grand Duke Charles II.

Following the death of his uncle Friedrich Günther on 28 June 1867, his father Albert ascended the throne thereby making Georg the heir apparent with the title Hereditary Prince. His father died on 26 November 1869, two years after ascending the throne, with Georg becoming the new sovereign prince.

During his reign, the North German Confederation was dissolved following the victory of the Kingdom of Prussia backed by states of the confederation in the Franco-Prussian War over the Second French Empire. As a result, on 18 January 1871, the King of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor and so Prince Georg no longer ruled over an independent state as Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt became a state of the German Empire and therefore Prince Georg was subordinate to the German Emperor.[1]

Personal life

Prince Georg was engaged to Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, his second cousin once removed and stepdaughter of his cousin Grand Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She broke off the engagement to marry Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia. After that, he never married and following his death in Rudolstadt he was succeeded as prince by his first cousin once removed Günther. He was buried in Stadtkirche in Rudolstadt.[2]

Honours

Ancestry
Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Princess Friederike of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg
Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Homburg
Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt
Georg, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
Ferdinand William Ernest, Prince of Solms-Braunfels
Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels
Countess Sophie Christine Wilhelmine of Solms-Laubach
Princess Augusta of Solms-Braunfels
Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

References
  1. Ogg, Frederic Austin (1913). The Governments of Europe. New York: The Macmillan Company. p. 204.
  2. "Royalty guide". Archived from the original on 9 December 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  3. Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern: 1879. Landesamt. 1879. p. 8.
  4. "Königlich Preussische Ordensliste", Preussische Ordens-Liste (in German), Berlin, 1: 26, 1010, 1886
  5. Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Altenburg (1869), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" p. 21
  6. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 12
  7. Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: 1879. Schulze. 1879. p. 33.
  8. Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für des Herzogtum Anhalt (1883), "Herzoglicher Haus-Orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 16
  9. Sachsen (1888–1889). "Königlich Orden". Staatshandbuch für den Königreich Sachsen: 1888/89. Dresden: Heinrich. pp. 4, 9 – via hathitrust.org.
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