Adolf Friedrich I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

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Adolf Friedrich I
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Portrait by Daniel Blok
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Reign 22 March 1592 - 27 February 1658
(Deposed by Wallenstein 1628-1631)
Predecessor John VII
Successor Christian Louis I
Born (1588-12-15)15 December 1588
Schwerin
Died 27 February 1658(1658-02-27) (aged 69)
Schwerin
Spouse Anna Maria of Ostfriesland (m 1622(
Princess Marie Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg (m 1635)
Issue Christian Louis I
Anna Maria
Frederick I
Adolf Frederick II
House House of Mecklenburg
Father Johann VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mother Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

Adolf Friedrich I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (15 December 1588 – 27 February 1658) was the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from his father's death in 1592 until 1628 and again from 1631 to 1658. Between 1634 and 1648 Adolf Frederick also ruled the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin as its administrator.



First marriage[edit]

On 4 September 1622, he married Anna Maria of East Frisia (1601–1634), daughter of Count Enno III of East Frisia and Anna of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. They had issue.

Issue[edit]

  1. Christian Louis I (11 December 1623 – 21 June 1692), Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
  2. Princess Sophie Agnes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (11 January 1625 – 26 December 1694), Abbess of Rühn (1654).
  3. Prince Karl of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (8 March 1626 – 20 August 1670), Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow.
  4. Princess Anna Maria of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1 July 1627 – 11 December 1669) married August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.
  5. Prince Johann Georg Mecklenburg-Schwerin (5 May 1629 – 9 July 1675), Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow.
  6. Princess Hedwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (11 August 1630 – 17 May 1631).
  7. Prince Gustav Rudolph of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (26 February 1632 – 14 May 1670) married Erdmuthe Sophie of Saxe-Lauenburg.
  8. Princess Juliane of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (8 November 1633 – 3 February 1634)

Second marriage[edit]

In in 1635 he married Marie Katharina (1616–1665), daughter of Duke Julius Ernest, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg, and Maria of East Frisia (1582–1616). They had issue.

Issue[edit]

  1. Princess Juliane Sibylla of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (16 February 1636 – 2 October 1701), Abbess of Rühn (9 March 1695)
  2. Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow (13 February 1638 – 28 April 1688) Prince of Grabow.
  3. Princess Christina of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (8 August 1639 – 30 June 1693), Abbess of Gandersheim
  4. Prince Bernhard Sigismund of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (21 January 1641 – 15 November 1641)
  5. Princess Auguste of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (24 September 1643 – 5 May 1644)
  6. Princess Marie Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (24 March 1646 – 27 April 1713) Abbess of Rühn (1705), Abbess of Gandersheim (1712).
  7. Princess Anna Sophia of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (24 November 1647 – 13 August 1723) married Julius Siegmund, Duke of Württemberg-Juliusburg.
  8. Prince Adolf Ernst of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (22 November 1650 – 13 January 1651)
  9. Prince Philipp Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (30 May 1652 – 20 October 1655)
  10. Prince Heinrich Wilhelm of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (6 June 1653 – 2 December 1653)
  11. Adolf Frederick II (19 October 1658 – 12 May 1708) Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.



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Adolphus Frederick of Mecklenburg
Born: 15 December 1588 in Schwerin Died: 27 February 1658 ibidem
Regnal titles
Preceded by Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
as Adolphus Frederick I
1592–1628 and again 1631–1658
interrupted by Wallenstein, who deposed him 		Succeeded by
Regnal titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Ulrik of Denmark
as Ulrich III 		Administrator of the
Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin
1634–1648 		Secularised: Principality of Schwerin
in personal union with Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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