Georges II of Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen – Wikipedia
Georges II de Saxe-Meiningen et Hildburgausen , nicknamed “The Duke of theater”, born in Meiningen the , Depéid on the bath are wildings le .
Georges II de Saxe-Meiningen et Hildburghausen est Duc de Saxe-Meiningen de 1866 à 1914, de Saxe-Meiningen et Hildburghausen DE 1826 à 1914.
Son of Bernard II of Saxe-Meincingen and Marie-Frédérique de Hesse-Cassel, Georges II of Saxe-Meingen and Hildburghausen married in 1850 Frédérique-Charlotte of Prussia (born in 1831 and died in diapers in 1855), daughter of Prince Albert from Prussia and Marianne from the Netherlands, granddaughter of Frédéric-Guillaume III of Prussia). Four children were born from this union:
Widower, Georges II married the Théodora de Hohenlohe-Langenbourg (1839-1872), (daughter of Prince Ernest de Hohenlohe-Langenbourg). Three children were born from this union:
- Ernest (1859-1941) Morganistically married in 1892 Katharina Jensen, created Baronne de Saalfeld (1874-1945) (Non Dynamast posterity)
- Frédéric (1861, fell at the Battle of Tarcienne (Belgium) in 1914) married in 1889 Adelaïde de Lippe-Biesterfeld (posterity)
- Victor (1865-1865)
Widower for the second time, Georges II morganicically married the Hélène Franz, actress, who was titled Dame d’Helburg (1874-1945), (without posterity).
Georges II of Saxe-Meingen and Hildburghausen belongs to the line of the Meiningen Saxony belonging to the third branch of the Wettin house, this line belongs to the branch Ernestine Founded by Ernest de Saxe. This line is still existing, it is currently represented by Frédéric Conrad de Saxe-Meincin.
His parents provided him with a solid education. Military training as he began to any prince of that time, he also studied history, law, political economy. At the universities of Bonn and Leipzig he acquired solid knowledge in the field of art history.
In the second part of XIX It is century, Georges II of Saxe-Meincinger and Hildburghausen made famous theater of the court of Saxe-Meiningen. Passionate about theater, passionate about history, he conceived the costumes, the sets of his theater with great historical precision. He worked in close collaboration with his third wife Hélène Franz and producer Ludwig Chroneck, he had a real gift for the organization and, concerning logistics, it was a genius. Georges II of Saxe-Meinger and Hildburghausen worked in particular on the pieces of Shakespeare, Schiller, Kleist.
Having formed with them a professional theater troop called the “Meiningers”, he had Berlin gave the pretenders to the crown of Ibsen (1869) in 1876: the author present to the representation was fascinated by the way in which they treated them Sets, lighting, character psychology, collective movements on stage where each stakeholder was however individualized.
They strongly influenced André Antoine – the free theater – who will find the inspiration of his naturalist aesthetic and one of their representations in St. Petersburg will be at the origin of the theatrical vocation. ‘Impregnate with their method.
Georges II of Saxe-Meinger and Hilburghausen was passionate about painting and, patron, he particularly supported the work of completely unknown graphic designers. He worked with renowned artists such as Adolf von Hildebrand or Franz von Lenbach and acquired paintings from the Italian Renaissance.
But the Duke Georges II of Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen had other artistic passions, he brought in his courtyard of Saxony-Meiningen of the conductors such as Hans von Bülow, the composer Richard Strauss, Fritz Steinbach to direct the orchestra that the Duke had himself created. This orchestra became very famous in Europe. He was the friend of Johannes Brahms and Richard Wagner.
Georges II of Saxe-Meinger-Hildburhausen transformed certain parts of the castles of Meiningen, Château Elisabethenburg ( Schloss Elisabethenburg ), the castle of Altenstein and the Heldburg jacket in nerenalities.
Having reached the throne after the abdication of his father, after the Austro-Prussian war, Georges II had no other choice than to be the ally of Prussia and adhered to the German Empire of Bismarck in 1871. Notwithstanding , Georges II shared the ideas of the German Chancellor concerning the safeguard of the German Empire in his borders of the after 1871. He nevertheless marked his contempt at the House of Hohenzollern especially during the accession to the throne of the ‘Emperor Guillaume II and the marriage of his little daughter the Princess Théodora of Saxe-Meincin.
The funeral of Duke Georges II take place the at the park cemetery in Meiningen.
- Georges II of Saxony-Meiningen The H. Tighter it A. Erlock Cella-Mehus Mineines (1997)
- Kurt von Priesdorff: Soldatic leadership. Volume 7, Hanseatic publishing house Hamburg, o. O. [Hamburg], o. J. [1939], (of) ‘ Publications de et sur Georges II de Saxe-Meiningen-Hildburghausen » , in the online catalog of the German National Library (DNB) ., Pp. 208–210, no. 2250.
- Friedrich Trinks (of) : Memories of Duke Georg II and time pictures from and for Saalfeld-Saale . Saalfeld 1925.
- (of) Ulrich Heß (of) , ‘ Georg II. » , In New German Biography (NDB) , vol. 6, Berlin, Duncker & Humblot, , p. 228–229 ( Original digitized ).
- Willy Forner: The disappeared secret command Duke Georgs . In: Contributions to the history of the labor movement 17(1975)6, S. 1063–1065 (ISSN 0005-8068).
- Maren Goltz, Werner Greiling, Johannes Mötsch (ed.): Duke Georg II of Saxony-Meiningen (1826-1914). Culture as a claim strategy? , Böhlau Verlag Cologne/Weimar/Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-412-50151-8
- Alfred Erck: History of the Meininger Theater. The Meininger Theater 2006.
- Albert Herzog zu Sachsen: The Wettiners in life pictures. Styria-Verlag, Graz/Vienna/Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-222-12301-2, pp. 301–307.
- Board of Trustees Meiningen: Lexicon on the city history of Meiningen. Bielsteinverlag, Meiningen 2008, ISBN 978-3-9809504-4-2.
- Illustrated newspaper No. 3705 of July 2, 1914: To change the throne in the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen , Verlag J.J. Weber, Leipzig, pp. 16–17.
- Illustrated newspaper No. 369 of July 27, 1850: The entry and reception of the hereditary prince Georg of Saxony-Meiningen and his wife, Princess Charlotte von Prussia , Verlag J.J. Weber, Leipzig, pp. 51–54 ( Digitized ).
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