Duke Georg Alexander | |
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| Full name | Georg Alexander Michael Friedrich Wilhelm Franz Karl |
| Born | 6 June 1859 Remplin, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| Died | 5 December 1909 (aged 50) St. Petersburg |
| Spouse(s) | Natalia Feodorovna Vanljarskya |
| Issue | Countess Catherine of Carlow Countess Maria of Carlow Countess Natalia of Carlow George, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| Father | Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |
| Mother | Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia |
Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (Russian: Георгий Георгиевич Мекленбург-Стрелицкий; 6 June 1859 – 5 December 1909) was the eldest of the two surviving sons of Duke Georg August of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and of Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia. He was a great-grandson of Emperor Paul and a cousin of Emperor Alexander III of Russia. Although he was a German prince of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, he was raised in Imperial Russia, where he lived all his life.
He followed a career as an officer in the Russian army and was Major General, Commander of the Life Guard Dragoon Regiment. Georg Alexander was a music lover, a skillful cellist and composer. In 1896 he formed a private string quartet called the Mecklenburg Quartet. He contracted a morganatic marriage and his rights and inheritance passed to his younger brother Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg. His four children received the title of Counts of Carlow, but after Duke Georg Alexander's death, his unmarried brother adopted his son Georg, Count of Carlow, who became the heir to the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz in 1934.