Editing Georg von Trapp (section)

{{short description|Trapp family patriarch (1880–1947)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Georg von Trapp
| image              = Georg von Trapp.jpg
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1880|4|4|df=y}}
| birth_place        = Zara, [[Kingdom of Dalmatia]], [[Austria-Hungary]] ([[Zadar]], Croatia)
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|1947|5|30|1880|4|4|df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Stowe, Vermont]], U.S.
| resting_place      = Trapp Family Cemetery, [[Trapp Family Lodge]], Stowe, Vermont
| nationality        = Austrian; Italian
| spouse             = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Agathe Whitehead]]|1911|1922|end=d}}
* {{marriage|[[Maria von Trapp|Maria Augusta Kutschera]]|1927}}
}}
| children           = 10, including [[Agathe von Trapp|Agathe]], [[Maria Franziska von Trapp|Maria Franziska]], and [[Johannes von Trapp|Johannes]]
| module             = {{Infobox military person | embed=yes
    |nickname=
    | allegiance= [[Austria-Hungary]]
    | branch= [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]]
    | serviceyears= 1898–1918
    | rank= {{lang|de|[[Korvettenkapitän]]}} (lieutenant-commander)
    | commands=
*{{ship|SM|U-6|Austria-Hungary|6}} (July 1910 – July 1913)
*Torpedo Boat 52 (1913–1914)
*{{ship|SM|U-5|Austria-Hungary|6}} (April–October 1915)
*{{ship|SM|U-14|Austria-Hungary|6}} (October 1915 – May 1918)
*Submarine base commander at [[Cattaro]] (May–November 1918)
   |battles=[[Boxer Rebellion]]<br>[[World War I]]
   |awards=Knight's Cross of the [[Military Order of Maria Theresa]] (1924)
   |relations=
  }}
}}

[[File:SMU-5 Trapp.jpg|thumb|On duty aboard SM ''U-5'']]

'''Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp'''{{efn|{{German title Ritter}} In Austria, the title of "Ritter" (knight) became legally part of the person's name. Many English sources incorrectly refer to him as a "Baron,"<ref name="nytimes1997_tribute"/> which is one step above ''Ritter'' in the [[Austrian nobility]]. In the Austro-Hungarian Empire, recipients of the [[Order of Maria Theresa]] were entitled to be elevated to Baron.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bush |first1=M. L. |title=Noble privilege |date=1983 |publisher=Manchester University Press |location=Manchester |isbn=9780719009136 |page=124 |quote=... membership of the Order of Maria Theresa could impart the title of baron. In this respect, membership of these orders could socially elevate noblemen.}}</ref> However, Trapp received the decoration in 1924 from the [[First Austrian Republic|Republic of Austria]], which did not confer any titles of nobility.}}<ref name="foundation_naval">{{cite web |url=https://www.georgandagathe.org/history--georg-s-naval-career.html |title=Georg's Naval Career |website=Georg & Agathe Foundation  |access-date=10 February 2018 }}</ref><ref>Heeresgeschichtliches Museum / Militärhistorisches Institut (Hrsg.): ''Das Heeresgeschichtliche Museum im Wiener Arsenal''. Verlag Militaria, Wien 2016, {{ISBN|978-3-902551-69-6}}, S. 164</ref> (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the [[Austro-Hungarian Navy]] who became the patriarch of the [[Trapp Family|Trapp Family Singers]].

Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of [[World War I]],{{efn|name=hudecek}} sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 [[Gross register tonnage|GRT]] and two Allied warships displacing 12,641 tons.<ref name="uboat.net">{{cite web |title=Korvettenkapitän Georg Ritter von Trapp|url=https://uboat.net/wwi/men/commanders/542.html |website=uboat.net}}</ref> Trapp's accomplishments during World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the [[Military Order of Maria Theresa]].

His first wife [[Agathe Whitehead]] died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children. Trapp hired [[Maria von Trapp|Maria Augusta Kutschera]] to tutor one of his daughters and married her in 1927. He lost most of his wealth in the [[Great Depression]], so the family turned to singing as a way of earning a livelihood. Trapp declined a commission in the [[Kriegsmarine|German Navy]] after the ''[[Anschluss]]'' and emigrated with his family to the United States.<ref name="nytimes1997_tribute">{{cite news|title=Tribute to Baron von Trapp Joined by Country He Fled|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/14/us/tribute-to-baron-von-trapp-joined-by-country-he-fled.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 July 1997|access-date=8 January 2011}}</ref>

After his death in 1947, the family home in [[Stowe, Vermont]], became the [[Trapp Family Lodge]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Von Trapp Family House History |url=https://www.trappfamily.com/von-trapp-story.htm |website=Trapp Family Lodge}}</ref> Maria von Trapp's 1949 memoir ''[[The Story of the Trapp Family Singers]]'' was adapted into the West German film ''[[The Trapp Family]]'' (1956), which served as the basis for the [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' (1959) and the [[The Sound of Music (film)|1965 film adaptation]] directed by [[Robert Wise]].