Adolphus Frederick IV

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 (German: Adolf Friedrich 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.[1]

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.[1] 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]

In 1753, he studied at the University of Greifswald.

In 1761, his sister Charlotte married King George III of Great Britain.

In 1764, he was installed as a member of the Order of the Garter.

Adolphus Frederick never married. Following his death at Neustrelitz in 1794, he was succeeded by his brother Charles.[1]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Adolphus Frederick IV[2]

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

1. "Duke Adolf Friedrich IV". House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
2. 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

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