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Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Adolphus Frederick IV (5 May 1738 – 2 June 1794) was a Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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.[1] In 1753 he studied at the University of Greifswald. In 1764 Adolphus Frederick was installed as a member of the Order of the Garter.

In the first years after 1753, his mother Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen was governing for the only 14-year-old son under the protection of King George II of Great Britain. He never married. Following his death at Neustrelitz in 1794 he was succeeded by his brother Charles.

Titles and styles

  • 5 May 1738  – 5 June 1752: His Serene Highness Duke Adolphus Frederic of Mecklenburg, Prince of Mirow

  • 11 Dec 1752  – 2 June 1794: His Ducal Serene Highness The Duke of Mecklenburg

Ancestry

References

[1]
Citation Linkwww.angelfire.comOnline Gotha
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Citation Linkbooks.google.comGenealogie 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.
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Citation Linkwww.angelfire.comOnline Gotha
Sep 29, 2019, 7:13 PM
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Citation Linkbooks.google.comGenealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans
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