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Adolphus Frederick IV

Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Adolphus Frederick IV
Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Born	(1738-05-05)5 May 1738 Mirow
Died	2 June 1794(1794-06-02) (aged 56) Neustrelitz
House	House of Mecklenburg
Father	Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg
Mother	Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Adolphus Frederick IV (5 May 1738 – 2 June 1794) was Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1752 to his death in 1794.

Biography

He was born in Mirow to Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg and his wife Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen. His father was the second son of Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg.

He was the heir presumptive of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from the death of his father on 5 June 1752 until he succeeded his uncle Duke Adolphus Frederick III on 11 December 1752.^{[citation needed]} In 1753, he studied at the University of Greifswald. In 1764, he was installed as a member of the Order of the Garter.

In the early years after 1753, his mother Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen served as regent, as her son was only 14 years old. They were additionally under the protection of King George II of Great Britain.^{[citation needed]}

Adolphus Frederick never married. Following his death at Neustrelitz in 1794, he was succeeded by his brother Charles.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Adolphus Frederick IV^[1]

16. John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

8. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

17. Princess Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

4. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

18. Julius Ernst, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg

9. Duchess Marie Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg

19. Countess Maria of East Frisia

2. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg

20. Anton Günther I, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

10. Christian William I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

21. Countess Palatine Marie Magdalene of Birkenfeld

5. Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

22. Albert Frederick, Count of Barby-Mühlingen

11. Countess Antonie Sibylle of Barby-Mühlingen

23. Countess Sophie Ursula of Oldenburg

1. Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

24. Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

12. Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

25. Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg

6. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

26. Prince Georg Friedrich of Waldeck

13. Countess Sophie of Waldeck

27. Countess Elisabeth Charlotte of Nassau-Siegen

3. Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

28. George Albert I, Count of Erbach-Schönberg

14. George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach

29. Countess Elisabeth Dorothea of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst

7. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach

30. Philip Dietrich, Count of Waldeck

15. Countess Amalia Katharina of Waldeck-Eisenberg

31. Countess Maria Magdalena of Nassau-Siegen

References

^ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 84.

External links

Media related to Adolf Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz at Wikimedia Commons

Regnal titles
Adolphus Frederick IV House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz Cadet branch of the House of Mecklenburg Born: 5 May 1738 Died: 2 June 1794
Preceded by Adolphus Frederick III	Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1752–1794	Succeeded by Charles II