Ancestral Trails 2016 » Friedrich von MECKLENBURG-GRABOW (1638-1688)

Personal data Friedrich von MECKLENBURG-GRABOW 


Household of Friedrich von MECKLENBURG-GRABOW

He is married to Christine Wilhelmine von HESSE-HOMBURG.

They got married on May 28, 1671, he was 33 years old.


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    • Notes about Friedrich von MECKLENBURG-GRABOW

    Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Grabow, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow (13 February 1638, Schwerin - 28 April 1688, Grabow) 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" 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 Tsarevna Catherine 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 (16 May 1685 - 29 July 1735); third wife of Frederick I of Prussia; no children.
    SOURCE: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Grabow

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Historical events

Birthday February 13, 1638

Day of marriage May 28, 1671

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    Van 1650 tot 1672 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Eerste Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
  • In the year 1671: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 28 » Original city of Panama (founded in 1519) was destroyed by a fire when privateer Henry Morgan sacked and set fire to it. The site of the previously devastated city is still in ruins (see Panama Viejo).
    • April 30 » Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
    • May 9 » Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.

Day of death April 28, 1688

  • Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1688: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 10 » King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
    • June 30 » The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
    • November 1 » William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
    • November 9 » Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
    • December 11 » Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
    • December 23 » As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.


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