Karl Friedrich August Mecklenburg-Strelitz ( German: Karl Friedrich August zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz ; 1785 - 1837 ) - Duke of Mecklenburg, member of the ruling house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Prussian general of infantry (according to other sources, Major General of the Austrian service), member of the coalition wars with Napoleon in the years 1805-1815.
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The half brother of Queen Louise of Prussia . Had a significant influence on the Prussian policy [3] .
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Biography
Karl Friedrich August Mecklenburg-Strelitzky was born on November 30, 1785 in the city of Hanover to the family of Duke Charles II and his second wife Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt .
In 1804 he entered the Prussian service , participated in the campaigns of 1806 and 1813-1815 . September 25, 1818 was awarded the Order of St. Andrew the First-Called [4] .
Since 1827, Duke Karl Friedrich August Mecklenburg-Strelitzky has served as chairman of the State Council of Prussia with the right to participate in meetings of the Privy Council of Ministers. Karl Friedrich August was a staunch absolutist and in this sense had a great influence on the course of affairs in Prussia , especially after the death of Hardenberg [5] .
Engaged in writing, published with his preface " Dienstvorschriften des Gardekorps "; under the pseudonym Weisshaupt wrote the comedy Die Isolierten and the tragedy Der ewige Jude [5] .
Duke Karl Friedrich August Mecklenburg-Strelitzky was not married, died September 21, 1837 in the capital of Germany and was buried in Mirow .
Awards
- Awarded the Order of St. George, 3rd degree (No. 348, December 10, 1813 ).
- Also awarded the Prussian Iron Cross 1st Class ( August 31, 1813 ), the Order of Merit ( Pour le Mérite , October 9, 1813 ) and the Black Eagle ( July 20, 1810 ).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 120815893 // General Regulatory Control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ 1 2 International Music Score Library Project - 2006.
- ↑ Data on the site “Yandex. Dictionaries " (unavailable link from 14-06-2016 [1143 days])
- ↑ Karabanov P. F. Lists of remarkable faces of Russians / [Additional: P. V. Dolgorukov]. - M .: Univ. typ., 1860. - 112 p. - (From the 1st book. “Readings in the Society of History and Antiquities of Russia, under Moscow University. 1860”)
- ↑ 1 2 Karl-Friedrich-August // Encyclopedic dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extras). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- Karl-Friedrich-Augustus // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Mecklenburg-Strelitzky Karl Friedrich August (Karl Friedrich August zu Mecklenburg-Strelitz) (1785-1837)
- MECKLENBURG: Karl Friedrich August, Herzog von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (German)
