Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Dukes

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MECKLENBURG-STRELITZ, German ruling house, whose members lived in Russia. Georg Avgust Ernest Adolph Karl Ludwig, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1824-1876), was Artillery General (1861), married the Grand Princess Catherine Mikhailovna (1827-94) in 1851, and remained in the Russian service; in 1856, he became inspector of the infantry battalions. His sons Georgy (1859-1909), Major General (1902), Mikhail (1863-1934), Adjutant General (1915), and his daughter Elena (1857-1936) (later Princess of Saxen-Altenburg), together inherited the Mikhailovsky Palace (sold to the Treasury in 1895), Oranienbaum, and Kamenny Island. Georgy Georgievich Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz entered a morganatic marriage with Countess N.F. Karlova, who possessed a residence at 46 Fontanka River Embankment (built in the early 18th century; rebuilt in 1843, architect V.Y. Langwagen; and in 1895, architect V.P. Statsenko), and an apartment house at 5 Troitskaya Street (now Rubensteina Street). In 1896, he created a chamber music string quartet in St. Petersburg, which bore his name (after 1917, it became part of the Philharmonic).

References: Красюков Р. Г. Русская ветвь Мекленбург-Стрелицкого дома // Из глубины времен: Альм. СПб., 1995. Вып. 4. С. 35-48; Попова Г. А. Особняк графини Карловой. СПб., 1996.

Y. A. Kuzmin. Ekaterina Mikhailovna, Grand Princess
Karlova Natalia Fedorovna, Countess
Langwagen Vasily (Wilhelm) Yakovlevich
Mecklenburg-Strelitzkaya Elena Georgievna, Countess
Mecklenburg-Strelitzky Georg August Ernest Adolf Karl Ludwig, Duke
Mecklenburg-Strelitzky Georgy Georgievich, Duke
Mecklenburg-Strelitzky Mikhail, Duke
Statsenko Vadim Platonovich
the Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Dukes
Fontanka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 46
Rubinsteina St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 5
Кюи Ц. А. Герцог Георгий Георгиевич Мекленбург-Стрелицкий и струнный квартет его имени. Пг., 1915
Попова Г. А. Особняк графини Карловой. СПб., 1996
Красюков Р. Г. Русская ветвь Мекленбург-Стрелицкого дома // Из глубины времен: Альм. СПб., 1995 Mikhailovsky Palace
Philharmonic named after D.D. Shostakovich