Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Born	28 August 1574
Died	10 December 1648 (aged 74)
Noble family	House of Welf
Father	William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Dorothea of Denmark

Frederick, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, (28 August 1574 – 10 December 1648) was the Prince of Lüneburg from 1636 to 1648.

Thaler of Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Frederick was born on 28 August 1574, the tenth child of William the Younger (Brunswick-Lüneburg) (1535–1592) and Dorothea of Denmark to the New House of Lüneburg.

He became bishop's adjutor in the Bishopric of Ratzeburg and was elected propst (provost) of the Archdiocese of Bremen.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

16. Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

8. Henry I of Lüneburg

17. Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg

4. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

18. Ernest, Elector of Saxony

9. Margarete of Saxony

19. Elisabeth of Bavaria

2. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

20. Magnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg

10. Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg

21. Sophia of Pomerania

5. Sophia of Mecklenburg

22. John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (= 26)

11. Ursula of Brandenburg

23. Margaret of Thuringia (= 27)

1. Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

24. Christian I of Denmark

12. Frederick I of Denmark

25. Dorothea of Brandenburg

6. Christian III of Denmark

26. John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (= 22)

13. Anna of Brandenburg

27. Margaret of Thuringia (= 23)

3. Dorothea of Denmark

28. John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

14. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

29. Dorothea of Brandenburg

7. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

30. Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

15. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

31. Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast

Sources

Siebern, Heinrich: Die Kunstdenkmäler der Provinz Hannover. III. Regierungsbezirk Lüneburg, Heft 5, Stadt Celle. Hanover, 1937.

German nobility
Frederick of Brunswick and Lunenburg, Lunenburg (/Celle) line House of Welf Cadet branch of the House of Este Born: 28 August 1574 in Celle Died: 10 December 1648 in Celle
Preceded by Augustus I as Prince of Lunenburg	Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg Prince of Lüneburg as Frederick IV 1636–1648	Succeeded by Christian Louis as Prince of Lunenburg
Preceded by William Augustus as Lord of Harburg		Succeeded by Christian Louis as Prince of Lunenburg

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