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.

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

Frederick belonged to the New House of Lüneburg.

He died on 10 December 1648.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

8. Henry I of Lüneburg

9. Margarete of Saxony

2. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

5. Sophia of Mecklenburg

1. Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

29. Dorothea of Brandenburg

31. Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast

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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