Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow

Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow

Frederick (I.), Duke of Mecklenburg [-Grabow] (13 February 1638, Schwerin - 28 April 1688, Grabow)

Life

He was the son of Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his second wife Marie Katharina (1616-1665), daughter of Julius Ernst, Duke of Braunschweig-Dannenberg (1571-1636).

Through his late birth, he was excluded from active government and was a "apanagierter" prince. Via the death of his brother without issue Frederick I's three sons became ruling duke of Mecklenburg [-Schwerin] one after the other. In 1667 Frederick became Domherr of Strasbourg Cathedral and from 1669 lived in the family castle in Grabow. Frederick died in a fire in the castle and was on 3 June 1725 buried in the Schelfkirche St. Nikolai in Schwerin

Marriage and issue

On 28 May 1671 he married Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg (30 June 1653, Bingenheim - 16 May 1722, Grabow), daughter of Wilhelm Christoph of Hesse-Homburg. They had the following children:

* Friedrich Wilhelm (1675-1713)
* Karl Leopold (1678-1747)
* Christian Ludwig II. (1683-1756)
* Sophie Louise (1685-1735)

External links

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* [http://www.emecklenburg.de/Niklot/i0055.htm Frederick at www.emecklenburg.de]
* [http://dlib.uni-rostock.de/servlets/YearbookInquiry?docid=3061 Stammtafel of the House of Mecklenburg]


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