Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg
| Charles Michael | |||||
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| Duke of Mecklenburg | |||||
Duke Georg | |||||
| Born | 17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1863 Oranienbaum, Russian Empire | ||||
| Died | 6 December 1934 (aged 71) Remplin, Nazi Germany | ||||
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| House | House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | ||||
| Father | Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | ||||
| Mother | Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia | ||||
| Religion | Lutheranism | ||||
Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg (German: Carl Michael Herzog zu Mecklenburg; Russian: Михаил Георгиевич; 17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1863 – 6 December 1934) was an officer in the Imperial Russian Army, heir presumptive to the throne of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and from 1918 head of the Grand Ducal House.
Life in Russia
He was born in
Georg by Adolf Friedrich V.[3] From 1908 to 1910, he served as the head of artillery in the 1st Army Corps of the Russian Imperial Army.[4]
On 24 June 1914 two weeks after the death of his cousin
naturalised Russian citizen.[5]
In March, 1917 Charles Michael was arrested and made to appear before the Russian parliament the Duma.[6] He later fled to the Caucasus region.[7]
Heir to Strelitz
The Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin,
Friedrich Franz IV wrote to Charles Michael informing him that his cousin Adolf Friedrich VI of Mecklenburg-Strelitz had died on 23 February 1918 and that as he was first in the line of succession he was being called to the throne.[7] A petition to accept the throne was also sent to Charles Michael by the citizens of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as they wanted to maintain their independence and not be united with Mecklenburg-Schwerin.[7] However Charles Michael never received it so he wrote a private letter confirming his desire to renounce his rights to reign in Mecklenburg-Strelitz although the letter did not reach Friedrich Franz IV, who was acting as regent for Mecklenburg-Strelitz, until January 1919[7] after the fall of the German monarchies. As a result, the succession issue could not be resolved in time and the two Mecklenburg grand duchies became separate free states in the Weimar Republic
.
Charles Michael eventually left Russia with his family arriving first in
marks by the Mecklenburg government in return for renouncing his claim to the Strelitz throne.[9] In April, 1930 he returned to Germany and took up residence at his estate, Remplin castle.[10]
Charles Michael adopted his nephew
Duke Georg of Mecklenburg.[12]
Honours
He received the following awards:[13][14]
Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the House Order of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Ore, 17 June 1880[15]
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Falcon, 1884[16]
Russian Empire:
- Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir, 4th Class, 1890; 3rd Class, 1898; 2nd Class, 1911
- Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-called, 1904
- Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky, 1904
- Knight of the Imperial Order of the White Eagle, 1904
- Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Anna, 1st Class, 1904
- Knight of the Imperial Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st Class, 1904
- Knight of the Order of Saint George, 4th Class, 1914
- St. George's Sword, 1915
- Knight of the Imperial
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Almanach de Gotha. 1891. p. 55.
- ^ Almanach de Gotha. 1910. p. 61.
- ^ Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Beiträge zur Geschichte einer Region. p. 187.
- ^ 1-й армейский корпус | 1st Army Corps. (in Russian)
- ^ a b L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg. p. 232.
- ^ "Czar and Czarina are under arrest" (PDF). The New York Times. 1917-03-22. Retrieved 2007-10-28.
- ^ a b c d e Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Beiträge zur Geschichte einer Region. p. 188.
- ISBN 0-7509-3521-9.
- ^ "Ex-Grand Duke's Record". The Guardian. 1926-01-13.
- Fitchburg Sentinel, p. 12, 11 April 1930
- ^ L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg. p. 235.
- ^ Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Beiträge zur Geschichte einer Region. pp. 188–189.
....Herzog Carl Michael verstarb am 6. Dezember 1934 in Remplin. Neues Oberhaupt des Strelitzer Fürstenhaus wurde sein neffe Herzog Georg....
- ^ Russian Imperial Army - Duke Karl Michale of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (In Russian)
- ^ Grossherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinscher Staatskalendar, 1908, p. 8
- ^ "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen". Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Mecklenburg-Strelitz: 1907. Neustrelitz: Druck und Debit der Buchdruckerei von G. F. Spalding und Sohn. 1907. p. 14.
- ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach Archived 2020-06-25 at the Wayback Machine (1891), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 16
- Erstling, Frank; Frank Saß; Eberhard Schulze; Harald Witzke (April 2001). "Das Fürstenhaus von Mecklenburg-Strelitz". Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Beiträge zur Geschichte einer Region (in German). Friedland: Steffen. ISBN 3-9807532-0-4.
- Huberty, Michel; Alain Giraud; F. et B. Magdelaine. L'Allemagne Dynastique, Tome VI : Bade-Mecklembourg. ISBN 978-2-901138-06-8.
Literature
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz – Beiträge zur Geschichte einer Region. Friedland i. Meckl.: Steffen, 22001 ISBN 3-9807532-0-4
- Grewolls, Grete (2011). Wer war wer in Mecklenburg und Vorpommern. Das Personenlexikon (in German). Rostock: Hinstorff Verlag. p. 4830. ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6.
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