Adolphus Frederick IV
Adolphus Frederick IV | |
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Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |
Born | Mirow | 5 May 1738
Died | 2 June 1794 Neustrelitz | (aged 56)
House | House of Mecklenburg |
Father | Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg |
Mother | Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen |
Adolphus Frederick 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.
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.[citation needed] In 1753, he studied at the University of Greifswald. In 1764, he was installed as a member of the Order of the Garter.
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]
Adolphus Frederick never married. Following his death at Neustrelitz in 1794, he was succeeded by his brother Charles.
Ancestry
References
- ^ 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.
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