Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg
Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg | |
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Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg | |
Mother | Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz |
Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg (
Birth and interests
Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg was born in
Regencies
Following the death of his brother
On 28 May 1907, Duke John Albert was elected regent of the Duchy of Brunswick following the death of Prince Albert of Prussia by the state's diet, accepting the offer he arrived in Brunswick on 5 June 1907.[5] The reason for the regency in Brunswick was that in 1884 when William, Duke of Brunswick died his distant cousin and heir Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover was prevented from taking over the duchy because he refused to renounce his claim to the throne of the Kingdom of Hanover which had been annexed by Prussia in 1866.[6]
Shortly after assuming the regency, Duke John Albert would walk Brunswick in civilian clothes visiting museums, libraries and other institutions in the duchy, asking questions of people to discover their living conditions. After he became too well known to walk unnoticed he established a weekly audience where people could go and present a petition to him. Duke John Albert also cut down on the expenses of the royal household by cutting the number of
The regency came to an end on 1 November 1913 when Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover's son
War years
During the
Duke John Albert died in 1920 in Wiligrad castle near Lübstorf aged 62.
Marriages
John Albert was married twice: firstly in
Ojimukoka
Ojimukoka, a small settlement, postoffice and railway station in Namibia, was renamed Johann - Albrechtshöhe, and then simply Albrechts in his honour.[12]
Honours
- German decorations[13]
- Mecklenburg:
- Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Collar and Crown in Ore
- Grand Cross of the Griffon
- Memorial Medal for Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III
- Commemorative Medal for the Battle of Loigny-Poupry
- Baden:[14]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1890
- Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1890
- Knight of St. Hubert, 1906[15]
- Brunswick: Grand Cross of Henry the Lion, 1898[16]
- Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order
- Hesse-Darmstadt: Grand Cross of the Ludwig Order, 12 October 1865[17]
- Lippe: Cross of Honour of the House Order of Lippe, 1st Class
- Oldenburg: Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig, with Collar
- Kingdom of Prussia:
- Knight of Honour of the Johanniter Order, 15 February 1884[18]
- Knight of the Black Eagle, with Collar
- Grand Cross of the Red Eagle
- Knight of Honour of the
- Reuss: Cross of Honour 1st Class
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1878[19]
- Saxony: Knight of the Rue Crown[20]
- Württemberg: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1892[21]
- Foreign decorations[13]
- Emirate of Bukhara: Order of the Star of Bukhara, 1st Class
- Principality of Bulgaria:
- Grand Cross of St. Alexander, with Collar
- Grand Cross of Military Merit
- Knight of Saints Cyril and Methodius[20]
- Knight of the Elephant, 9 June 1898[22]
- Kingdom of Greece: Grand Cross of the Redeemer
- Empire of Japan:
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum, 23 July 1894[23]
- Grand Cordon of the Rising Sun, with Paulownia Flowers
- Netherlands:
- Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
- Wedding Medal of Queen Wilhelminaand Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, 1901
- Ottoman Empire:
- Order of Glory
- Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class
- Beylik of Tunis: Grand Cordon of the Order of Glory
- Persian Empire: Order of the Lion and the Sun, 1st Class
- Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword
- Kingdom of Romania: Grand Cross of the Order of Carol I, with Collar
- Russian Empire:
- Knight of St. Andrew[20]
- Knight of St. Vladimir, 1st Class
- Knight of St. George, 1st Class
- Siam:
- Sweden-Norway: Knight of the Seraphim, 18 September 1897[24]
- Sultanate of Zanzibar: Order of the Brilliant Star of Zanzibar, 1st Class
Ancestry
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References
- ^ ISBN 978-2-901138-06-8.
- ^ "Art and Utility Linked; German Painters Make Their Skill Serve Many Ends". The New York Times. 12 July 1896. p. 10.
- ISBN 0-19-926597-6.
- ^ "Celebration in Schwerin" (PDF). The New York Times. 10 April 1901. Retrieved 24 October 2007.
- ^ The Statesman's year book. 1913. p. 911.
- ^ "Cable News". Fielding Star. 1 June 1907. p. 4.
- ^ "Brunswick Ruler a Modern Haroun". The New York Times. 8 July 1907. p. 4.
- ^ Heraldica.org
- ^ "German Colonies". Grey River Angus. 4 July 1907. p. 3.
- ISBN 9780393053470.
- ISBN 9783356013016
- ^ "Is there any value in stamps collection". Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
- ^ a b Grossherzoglich Mecklenburg-Schwerinscher Staatskalendar, 1908, p. 3
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1892), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 62, 76
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern (1906), "Königliche-Orden" p. 11
- ^ Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Herzogtums Braunschweig für das Jahr 1897, "Herzogliche Orden Heinrich des Löwen" p. 10
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 12
- ^ "Johanniter-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 1047
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach Archived 6 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine (1900), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 16
- ^ a b c Justus Perthes, Almanach de Gotha (1919) p. 19
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg (1907), "Königliche Orden" p. 29
- ISBN 978-87-7674-434-2.
- ^ 刑部芳則 (2017). 明治時代の勲章外交儀礼 (PDF) (in Japanese). 明治聖徳記念学会紀要. p. 149.
- ^ Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish), 1905, p. 441, retrieved 6 January 2018 – via runeberg.org
External links
- Newspaper clippings about Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW