[2] With the death of Duke Charles Michael on 6 December 1934 his father succeeded as head of the Grand Ducal house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and thus Georg Alexander became heir apparent.

The grand ducal family lived at Remplin Castle in Mecklenburg until it was destroyed in a fire in April 1940.

[1] In 1990 he moved to Mecklenburg and was given an apartment in the former grand ducal residence of Mirow Castle by the local government and he was involved in its reconstruction.

[5] Georg Alexander died in Mirow and was succeeded as head of the Grand Ducal house by his son Duke Borwin.

Archduchess Ilona belonged to the Hungarian Palatine branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and was a granddaughter of Archduke Joseph August of Austria.