page_title: Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg
section_title: Marriages and children
hierarchical_section_title: Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg / Marriages and children
caption_attribution_description: Maria Caterina duchessa di Mecklenburgo-Schwerin (1616-1665), 1635
context_page_description: Adolf Frederick I was the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from his father's death in 1592 until 1628 and again from 1631 to 1658. Between 1634 and 1648 Adolf Frederick also ruled the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin as its administrator.
context_section_description: Adolf Frederick I fathered 19 children in all.
  He was married for the first time on 4 September 1622 to Anna Maria of East Frisia (1601–1634), daughter of Count Enno III of East Frisia and Anna of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp. They had the following children:
  Christian Louis I (Schwerin, 11 December 1623 – Den Haag, 21 June 1692), Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
  Sophie Agnes (Schwerin, 11 January 1625 – Rühn, 26 December 1694), Abbess of Rühn (1654).
  Charles (Schwerin, 8 March 1626 – Mirow, 20 August 1670), Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow.
  Anna Maria (Schwerin, 1 July 1627 – Halle a.d.Saale, 11 December 1669), married in 1647 to August, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels.
  John George (Lichtenburg, 5 May 1629 – Mirow, 9 July 1675), Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow.
  Hedwig (Lübeck, 11 August 1630 – Lübz, 17 May 1631).
  Gustav Rudolph (Schwerin, 26 February 1632 – Tempzin, 14 May 1670), married Erdmuthe Sophie (1644–1689), daughter of Duke Francis Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg.
  Juliane (Schwerin, 8 November 1633 – Schwerin, 3 February 1634).
  Adolf Frederick married for a second time in 1635 to Marie Katharina (1616–1665), daughter of Duke Julius Ernest, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg, and Maria of East Frisia (1582–1616). They had the following children:
  Juliane Sibylla (Schwerin, 16 February 1636 – Rühn, 2 October 1701), Abbess of Rühn (9 March 1695).
  Frederick I (Schwerin, 13 February 1638 – Schloss Grabow, 28 April 1688), Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow.
  Christina (Schwerin, 8 August 1639 – Gandersheim, 30 June 1693), Abbess of Gandersheim (1681).
  Bernhard Sigismund (Schwerin, 21 January 1641 – Schwerin, 15 November 1641).
  Augusta (Schwerin, 24 September 1643 – Schwerin, 5 May 1644).
  Maria Elisabeth (Schwerin, 24 March 1646 – Gandersheim, 27 April 1713), Abbess of Rühn (1705), Abbess of Gandersheim (1712).
  Anna Sophia (Schwerin, 24 November 1647 – Juliusburg, 13 August 1723), married in 1677 to Julius Siegmund, Duke of Württemberg-Juliusburg.
  Adolph Ernest (Schwerin, 22 November 1650 – Schwerin, 13 January 1651).
  Philipp Louis (Schwerin, 30 May 1652 – Schwerin, 20 October 1655).
  Henry William (Schwerin, 6 June 1653 – Schwerin, 2 December 1653).
  Adolf Frederick II (posthumously Grabow, 19 October 1658 – 12 May 1708), Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
caption: Marie Katharina on a medal (1635)
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