George Of Mecklenburg (1528-1552)
George of Mecklenburg german: Georg von Mecklenburg may refer to: * Duke George Augustus of Mecklenburg (1748–1785) * George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779–1860) * George, Duke of Mecklenburg (1899–1963) * Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg (german: Georg Alexander Herzog zu Mecklenburg; 27 August 1921 – 26 January 1996) was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1963 until his death. Early life Georg Alexander was born in Nice, Fr ...

Duke George Augustus Of Mecklenburg
Duke George Augustus of Mecklenburg (german: Georg August; 16 August 1748 – 14 November 1785) was a German nobleman, sailor, and soldier. Early life Duke George Augustus was born in Mirow the youngest child of Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg and his wife Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen. His grandfather Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was the founder of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. On 8 September 1761 his sister Charlotte married the King of Great Britain, George III. Following the marriage George Augustus moved to the Kingdom of Great Britain and after learning the English language volunteered to serve in the Royal Navy. He spent two years serving in the Navy before he was forced to leave due to illness brought on by the climate and life at sea. During his time in Great Britain George Augustus became a Doctor of Laws and attended observations of the 1769 Transit of Venus at the King's Observatory in Richmond-upon-Thames. G ...
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George, Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
George (german: Georg; 12 August 1779 – 6 September 1860) ruled the state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as Grand Duke of Mecklenburg from 1816 until his death. Early life Duke George Frederick Charles Joseph of Mecklenburg was born in Hanover, the eighth child of Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and his first wife Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt. Following the death of his mother in 1782 his father married her sister Charlotte two years later in 1784 and the family moved from Hanover to Darmstadt. George remained in Darmstadt until 1794, when his father succeeded as the ruling Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and George accompanied his father to Neustrelitz. Heir apparent Soon after arriving in Neustrelitz, George enrolled at the University of Rostock, where he studied until 1799.See entry oGeorge, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitzin Rostock Matrikelportal After leaving university, George went to Berlin, where he lived at the Prussian court. George's sister Louise ...
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George, Duke Of Mecklenburg
George, Duke of Mecklenburg (german: Georg Herzog zu Mecklenburg; – 6 July 1963) was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1934 until his death. Through his father, he was a descendant of Emperor Paul I of Russia. Early life He was born in Oranienbaum as Count George of Carlow; he was the youngest child and only son of Duke George Alexander of Mecklenburg (6 June 1859 – Saint Petersburg, 5 December 1909) and his morganatic wife (m. Remplin, 6 June 1889) Nataliya Fyodorovna Vanlarskaya, Countess of Carlow (Saint Petersburg, 16 May 1858 – Cannes, 14 March 1921), daughter of Fyodor Ardalionovich Vanlarsky ( Dagoutze Chavli, Georgia, 23 December 1835 – 2 February 1903) and wife Mariya Fyodorovna Uvarova, and granddaughter of Ardalion Alexeievich Vanlarsky, born in Poretchie, near Smolensk, and wife Tatyana, daughter of Mariya Mikhailovna Litvinova. Because his parents marriage was morganatic, at birth he was denied the title Duke of Mecklenburg; instead his tit ...
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