Adolphus Frederick IV

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| name = Adolphus Frederick IV

| title = Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

| image = Duke Adolf Friedrich IV of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.png

| house = House of Mecklenburg

| father = Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg

| mother = Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

| birth_date = {{birth_date|1738|5|5|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mirow

| death_date = {{death date and age|1794|6|2|1738|5|5|df=yes}}

| death_place = Neustrelitz

}}

Adolphus Frederick IV ({{langx|de|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.{{Cite web |last= |title=Duke Adolf Friedrich IV |url=https://mecklenburg-strelitz.org/history/grand-dukes/adolf-friedrich-iv-duke-of-mecklenburg/ |access-date=2024-06-14 |website=House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz |language=en-GB}}

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. 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.{{cn|date=June 2023}}

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.

Ancestry

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|1= 1. Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

|2= 2. Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg

|3= 3. Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

|4= 4. Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

|5= 5. Princess Christiane Emilie of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

|6= 6. Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen

|7= 7. Countess Sophia Albertine of Erbach-Erbach