Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow
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| name = Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow
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| house = Mecklenburg
| father = Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
| mother = Marie Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg
| spouse = {{marriage|Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg|1671}}
| issue = {{plainlist|
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| birth_date = {{birth_date|1638|2|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Schwerin
| death_date = {{death date and age|1688|4|28|1638|2|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = Grabow
| burial_place = Schelfkirche St. Nikolai in Schwerin
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Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Grabow, 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 Brunswick-Dannenberg (1571-1636).
Through his late birth, he was excluded from active government and was an "apanagierter"{{Clarify|date=January 2010}} 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, he 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 William Christoph of Hesse-Homburg. They had the following children:
- Frederick William I (28 March 1675 – 31 July 1713); married Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (July 16, 1678 – May 30, 1749), daughter of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel; no children.
- Carl Leopold (26 November 1678 – 28 November 1747); married Grand Duchess Ekaterina Ioanovna of Russia, (sister of Empress Anna); their daughter was Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia, mother of Ivan VI of Russia.
- Christian Ludwig II (15 May 1683 – 30 May 1756); married his first cousin, Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; had five children.
- Sophie Louise (6 May 1685 – 29 July 1735); third wife of Frederick I of Prussia; no children.
External links
- {{LBMV PPN|302704396}}
- [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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202136/http://dlib.uni-rostock.de/servlets/YearbookInquiry?docid=3061 |date=2016-03-04 }}
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Category:House of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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