- Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Adolf Frederick I (
15 December 1588 -27 February 1658 ) was the reigning Duke ofMecklenburg-Schwerin from his father's death in 1592 until 1628.Early life
He was a son of Johann VII of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (
7 March 1558 -22 March 1592 ) and Sophia of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (1 June 1569 -14 November 1634 ), daughter ofAdolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1526-1586) and his wifeChristine of Hesse (1543-1604).At first Adolf Frederick and his brother Johann Albrecht II reigned under the guardianship of Duke Ulrich III of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Karl I of Mecklenburg (his father’s uncles). The two brothers took over governance of Mecklenburg-Schwerin beginning on 16 April 1608, and after the death of Karl I on 22 July 1610 they also governed in Mecklenburg-Güstrow.
Division of Mecklenburg and Thirty Years' War
In 1621 the duchy of Mecklenburg was formally divided between the two brothers, with Adolf Frederick ruling in Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Johann Albrecht ruling in Mecklenburg-Güstrow. During the
Thirty Years' War ,Albrecht von Wallenstein ousted the dukes and ruled from 1627 until 1631 because they had secretly sided withChristian IV of Denmark . The dukes were restored by the Swedes.Marriage and children
Adolf Friedrich I had 19 children in total.
He was married for the first time on
4 September 1622 to Anna Maria (23 June 1601 -5 February 1634 ), daughter of Count Enno III ofEast Frisia (30 September 1563 -19 August 1625 ) and Anna of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp (27 February 1575 -24 April 1615 ) and they had the following children:*Christian Ludwig I (
11 December 1623 -21 June 1692 ), Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
*Sophie Agnes (11 January 1625 -26 December 1694 )
*Karl (8 March 1626 -20 August 1670 ), Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow
* Anna Maria Dorothea (1 July 1627 -11 December 1669 ), married in 1647 to DukeAugust, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (1614-1680)
*Johann Georg (5 May 1629 -9 July 1675 )
*Hedwig (11 August 1630 -17 May 1631 )
*Gustav Rudolf (26 February 1632 -14 May 1670 )
*Juliane (8 November 1633 -3 February 1634 )Adolf Frederick married for the second time in 1635 to Marie Katharina (
10 June 1616 -1 July 1665 ), daughter of DukeJulius Ernest, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg (11 March 1571 -26 October 1636 ) and Maria of East Frisia (1 May 1582 -9 July 1616 ) and they had the following children:*Juliane Sibylla (
16 February 1636 -2 October 1701 )
*Friedrich I (13 February 1638 -28 April 1688 ), Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow
*Christina (8 August 1639 -30 June 1693 )
*Bernhard Sigismund (21 January 1641 -15 November 1641 )
*Augusta (24 September 1643 -5 May 1644 )
*Maria Elisabeth (24 March 1646 -27 April 1713 )
*Anna Sophia (24 November 1647 -13 August 1723 ), married in 1677 to Duke Julius Sigismund ofWuerttemberg-Juliusburg (1653-1684)
*Adolf Ernest (22 November 1650 -13 January 1651 )
*Philipp Ludwig (30 May 1652 -20 October 1655 )
*Heinrich Wilhelm (6 June 1653 -2 December 1653 )
* Adolf Frederick II (19 October 1658 -12 May 1708 ), Duke of Mecklenburg-StrelitzAncestry
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1= 1. Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
2= 2.Johann V-VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
3= 3.Sophie von Holstein-Gottorp
4= 4.Johann Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow and Schwerin
5= 5.Anna Sophie, Duchess of Prussia
6= 6.Adolf, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp
7= 7.Christine of Hesse
8= 8.Albert VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow
9= 9.Anna of Brandenburg
10= 10.Albert, Duke of Prussia
11= 11.Dorothea of Denmark
12= 12. Frederick I, King of Denmark
13= 13.Sophie of Pomerania
14= 14.Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse
15= 15.Christine of Saxony
16= 16.Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Güstrow
17= 17.Sophia of Pomerania-Wolgast
18= 18.Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg
19= 19.Elizabeth of Denmark
20= 20.Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
21= 21.Sofie of Poland
22= 22. Frederick I, King of Denmark
23= 23.Anna of Brandenburg
24= 24. Christian I, King of Denmark
25= 25.Dorothea of Brandenburg
26= 26.Bogislaw X of Pomerania-Wolgast
27= 27.Anna Jagiello of Poland
28= 28.William II, Landgrave of Hesse
29= 29.Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
30= 30.George, Duke of Saxony
31= 31.Barbara of Poland
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