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Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg〔http://www.xing.com/profile/Borwin_HzuMecklenburg〕 ((ドイツ語:Borwin, Herzog zu Mecklenburg); given names: ''Georg Borwin Friedrich Franz Karl Stephan Konrad Hubertus Maria''; born 10 June 1956) has been the head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz since 1996 and of the House of Mecklenburg since 2001.〔''Burke's Royal families of the World, I Europe & Latin America'' ISBN 0 85011 023 8 pp. 237-239〕 The death of the last male member of the House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on 31 July 2001 made Strelitz the only remaining line of the House of Mecklenburg, which ruled in Mecklenburg until 1918. Borwin and his sons are the only known surviving legtimate male-line descendants of the medieval princely dynasty descended from Niklot of the Obotrites, which has included King Albert of Sweden. ==Education and career== Duke Borwin of Mecklenburg was born in Freiburg im Breisgau the youngest child and only son of Duke Georg Alexander of Mecklenburg and his wife Archduchess Ilona of Austria (1927–2011) the daughter of Archduke Joseph Francis of Austria and Princess Anna of Saxony. He is an agnatic descendant of Grand Duke Georg of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and through his mother a descendant of King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Duke Borwin became the heir apparent to headship of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz on 6 July 1963 when his grandfather died and his father succeeded as head of the house. Borwin has studied Viticulture at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute and served as an officer in the German Army. He has also managed a Swiss drinks company.〔 In politics, Duke Borwin is a former local party chairman for the Christian Democratic Union in the village of Hinterzarten in the Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald district of Baden-Württemberg, leaving his post in May 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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