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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 ...
Head of the house. Duke Georg Alexander succeeded as head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz upon the death of his father on 6 July 1963, however with Mecklenburg being behind the Iron Curtain he was unable to play an active role in the state. All that changed with the fall of the Berlin wall and the reunification of Germany in 1989/1990 and ...
The communiqué affirming Duke Georg’s position as head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and recognising his and his family’s right to the style Highness as dynastic dukes/duchesses of Mecklenburg was issued by the head of the Schwerin line Hereditary Grand Duke Friedrich Franz (1910-2001), who had succeeded his father Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV in 1945 and who had himself been ...
Neustrelitz Palace around 1920 Neustrelitz Palace Neustrelitz Palace around 1920 Neustrelitz Palace Tower in Winter 1940 Neustrelitz Palace Ruins around 1949. The Neustrelitz Palace (German: Schloss Neustrelitz) in Neustrelitz in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany was a princely palace, which mostly served as the main residence of the Grand Dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Welcome to mecklenburg-strelitz.org an unofficial website dedicated to the Grand Ducal House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Within the site you can find information on the grand ducal house and its members past and present. If you have any information, corrections etc that can improve the content and site please feel free to get in contact. I would ...
Duke of Mecklenburg. Since the death of Grand Duke Adolf Friedrich VI in February 1918, Georg’s uncle Duke Carl Michael was the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. As his uncle was the sole male dynast in order to secure the survival of the grand ducal house on 11 September 1928 he adopted Georg and his family as his heirs.
Coat of Arms. The Shield. The shield itself is split into six quarters, two wide and three deep with a central shield. The quartering’s are arranged in the following order: The quarter for the Duchy of Mecklenburg consists of an upright cabossed crowned sable (black) Bull’s head with argent (silver) horns, ring in its snout, open mouth ...
