Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg

Georg Alexander, Duke of Mecklenburg ( born August 27, 1921 in Nice; † 26 January 1996 Mirow; Complete name: Georg Alexander Andreas Carl Michael Peter Philipp Ignatius Maria, Duke of Mecklenburg ) was the oldest son of Georg, Duke of Mecklenburg, and a great-grandson the Grand Duke Georg (1779-1860), the regent of Mecklenburg -Strelitz, the brother of Queen Louise of Prussia ( 1776-1810 ).

Life

George Alexander was from 1963 to 1996 head of the House of Mecklenburg- Strelitz by an agreement with the House of Mecklenburg -Schwerin from the year 1950. He was honorary and Devotionsritter of the Sovereign Order of Malta.

Until 1940 he lived at Castle Remplin at Malchin. On the night of April 11, 1940 it was sacked at the instance of the Gauleiter of Mecklenburg -Lübeck. In 1944 he was interned after the imprisonment of his father in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp by the Gestapo on a stauffenbergischen castle. After 1945 he was regarded as a persecuted by the Nazi regime. He studied law and graduated as a bank clerk.

Caused a sensation in the application Georg Alexander on retransmission of lost during the Nazi dictatorship areas in Mecklenburg to his family in 1990. The procedure was considered one of the most difficult re-transfer process in the merging process and was only ten years after his death in early 2006 final in terms of family and with the agreement concluded with the participants. Georg Alexander had refused to complain to accelerate the process or put pressure on the institutions. In the summer of 1991 he had moved at the invitation of Mirow town council again his residence to Mecklenburg and focused particularly on the history and preservation. For example, the restoration of the memorial complex is on the Castle Island offshore island of love on his initiative and guidance.

He was buried in 1996 than before the last family member in the royal crypt in the church of St. John on the Castle Island ( Mirow ).

Family

Georg Alexander standardized rate in 1946 Ilona von Habsburg-Lothringen. From this marriage four children were born:

  • Duchess Elisabeth Christine of Mecklenburg ( b. 1947 )
  • Mary Catherine Duchess of Mecklenburg ( b. 1949 ) ∞ 1978 Wolfgang von Wasielewski (* 1951)
  • Irene Duchess of Mecklenburg ( b. 1952 )
  • Georg Borwin Duke of Mecklenburg ( b. 1956 ) Head of the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg -Strelitz ∞ 1986 Alice Wagner ( b. 1958 )

Awards

  • Grand Cross of the House Order of the Wendish Crown of Mecklenburg -Strelitz in ore
  • Cross of Honor, First Class of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern
  • Grand Cross of the Royal Montenegrin House Order of St. Petar
  • Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Romanian King Carol II
  • Fritz Reuter Medal
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