[[File:EutinGeorges 2011Louis 16de Holstein Gottorp.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Portrait inby [[EutinJohann CastleHeinrich Tischbein]], {{circa|1760}}]]

[[Prince]] '''Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp''' (16 March 1719 -– 7 September 1763) was a Prussian lieutenant-general and an Imperial Russian [[field marshal]].

He was the youngest son of [[Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin]] and his wife [[Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach]]. He joined the Prussian army in 1741 and waaswas appointed major general in 1744. In the [[Seven Years' War]], he served under the command of Field Marshal [[Johann von Lehwaldt]] where he was promoted to lieutenant-general. In 1760 he fought in the [[Battle of Torgau]] after which he was dismissed by [[Frederick the Great]] for not being fast enough.<ref>''Georg Ludwig, Herzog von Holstein-Gottorp'' von Ernst Graf zur Lippe-Weißenfeld in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie</ref>. He then served for [[Peter III of Russia]], his second cousin once removed, and became field marshal on 21 February 1762. Due to the revolution on 4 June 1762, headed by his niece, [[Catherine the Great]], he lost his position and returned to [[Kiel]] where he died soon after.

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