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{{Infobox royalty
| name        =George Albert
| succession = [[Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt|Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
| reign = 28 November 1869 – 19 January 1890
| predecessor = [[Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt|Albert]]
| successor = [[Günther Victor, Prince of Schwarzburg|Günther Victor]]
| image       =Georg of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.jpg
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| spouse =
| full name   =
| house       =[[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
| father      =[[Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
| mother      =Princess Augusta of Solms-Braunfels
| birth_date  ={{birth date|1838|11|23|df=y}}
| birth_place =[[Rudolstadt]], [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
| death_date  ={{death date and age|1890|1|19|1838|11|23|df=y}}
| death_place =[[Rudolstadt]], [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
}}
'''Georg Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt''' (23 November 1838 – 19 January 1890) was the penultimate sovereign prince of [[Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]].
==Biography==
He was born in [[Rudolstadt]] the son of [[Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt|Prince Albert of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]] and his wife Princess Augusta of [[Solms-Braunfels]] (1804–1865). Princess Augusta was the daughter of Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Solms-Braunfels (1770–1814) and his wife [[Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]] (1778–1841), the daughter of [[Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Grand Duke Charles II]].
Following the death of his uncle [[Friedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt|Friedrich Günther]] on 28 June 1867, his father Albert ascended the throne thereby making Georg the [[heir apparent]] with the title Hereditary Prince. His father died on 26 November 1869, two years after ascending the throne, with Georg becoming the new sovereign prince.
During his reign, the [[North German Confederation]] was dissolved following the victory of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] backed by states of the confederation in the [[Franco-Prussian War]] over the [[Second French Empire]]. As a result, on 18 January 1871, the King of Prussia was proclaimed German Emperor and so Prince Georg no longer ruled over an independent state as Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt became a state of the [[German Empire]] and therefore Prince Georg was subordinate to the German Emperor.<ref>{{cite book| last =Ogg| first =Frederic Austin| title =The Governments of Europe| publisher =The Macmillan Company| year =1913| location =New York| pages =204| url =http://mdp.lib.umich.edu/cgi/m/mdp/pt?id=39015022374733;q1=January%2018%2C%201871;start=1;size=100;view=image;page=root;seq=224;num=224}}{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Personal life==
Prince Georg was engaged to [[Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], his second cousin once removed and stepdaughter of his cousin [[Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt|Grand Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]]. She broke off the engagement to marry [[Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia]]. After that, he never married and following his death in Rudolstadt he was succeeded as prince by his first cousin once removed [[Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg|Günther]]. He was buried in [[Stadtkirche]] in Rudolstadt.{{CN|date=November 2024}}
==Honours==
* {{flag|Kingdom of Bavaria}}: [[Order of Saint Hubert|Knight of St. Hubert]], ''1858''<ref>{{cite book|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Königreichs Bayern: 1879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-rObnKkm6Y0C&pg=PR1|year=1879|publisher=Landesamt|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=-rObnKkm6Y0C&pg=PA8 8]}}</ref>
* {{flagicon image|Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia (1803-1892).svg}} [[Kingdom of Prussia]]:<ref>{{citation|title=Königlich Preussische Ordensliste|journal=Preussische Ordens-Liste|volume=1|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878831&view=1up&seq=5&skin=2021|pages=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878831&view=1up&seq=34&skin=2021 26], [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015049878831&view=1up&seq=1082&skin=2021 1010]|lang=German|location=Berlin|year=1886}}</ref>
** [[Order of the Red Eagle|Knight of the Red Eagle]], 3rd Class with Swords, ''1864''; 1st Class with Swords, ''1871''; Grand Cross with Swords on Ring, ''12 October 1880''
** Member of Honour of the [[Johanniter Order]], ''1884''
* {{flagicon|Saxe-Coburg and Gotha}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Altenburg}} {{flagicon|Saxe-Meiningen}} [[Ernestine duchies]]: [[Saxe-Ernestine House Order|Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order]], ''October 1865''<ref>''Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Altenburg'' (1869), "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden" [https://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/rsc/viewer/jportal_derivate_00243702/Parladrusa_Staatshandbuch_SA_166810592_1869_0035.tif?logicalDiv=jportal_jparticle_00472815 p. 21]</ref>
* {{flag|Grand Duchy of Hesse}}: Grand Cross of the [[Ludwig Order]], ''28 November 1865''<ref>''[https://archive.org/details/hofundstaatshan00gergoog/page/n36 Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Hessen]'' (1879), "Großherzogliche Orden und Ehrenzeichen" p. 12</ref>
* {{flag|Oldenburg}}: [[House and Merit Order of Peter Frederick Louis|Grand Cross of the Order of Duke Peter Friedrich Ludwig]], with Golden Crown, ''3 January 1870''<ref>{{cite book|title=Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Großherzogtums Oldenburg: 1879|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AD6sPIakAuMC&pg=PR1|year=1879|publisher=Schulze|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=AD6sPIakAuMC&pg=PA33 33]}}</ref>
* {{flagicon|Anhalt}} [[Duchy of Anhalt]]: [[Order of Albert the Bear|Grand Cross of Albert the Bear]], ''1872''<ref>''Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für des Herzogtum Anhalt'' (1883), "Herzoglicher Haus-Orden Albrecht des Bären" p. [https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb11040880?page=36 16]</ref>
* {{flag|Kingdom of Saxony}}:<ref>{{cite book|author=Sachsen|title=Staatshandbuch für den Königreich Sachsen: 1888/89|year=1888–1889|publisher=Heinrich|chapter=Königlich Orden|pages=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924092949753&view=1up&seq=24 4], [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924092949753&view=1up&seq=29 9]|location=Dresden|via=hathitrust.org}}</ref>
** Knight of the [[Military Order of St. Henry]], ''1872''
** [[Order of the Rue Crown|Knight of the Rue Crown]], ''1882''
==Ancestry==
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|1= '''Georg, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt'''
|2= [[Albert, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
|3= Princess Augusta of Solms-Braunfels
|4= [[Louis Frederick II, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
|5= Landgravine [[Caroline of Hesse-Homburg]]
|6= [[Prince Frederick William of Solms-Braunfels]]
|7= [[Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz|Duchess Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]
|8= [[Frederick Charles, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt]]
|9= Princess Friederike of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
|10=[[Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg]]
|11=Landgravine [[Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt]]
|12=[[Ferdinand, Prince of Solms-Braunfels|Ferdinand William Ernest, Prince of Solms-Braunfels]]
|13=Countess Sophie Christine Wilhelmine of Solms-Laubach
|14=[[Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]]
|15=[[Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/schwburg/schwburg1.html |title= Genealogy of the House of Schwarzburg |publisher= Genealogy.EU}}
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