Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1574–1648)

Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Born	(1574-08-28)28 August 1574
Died	10 December 1648(1648-12-10) (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.

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

8. Henry I of Lüneburg

4. Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

9. Margarete of Saxony

2. William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

10. Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg

5. Sophia of Mecklenburg

11. Ursula of Brandenburg

1. Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

12. Frederick I of Denmark

6. Christian III of Denmark

13. Anna of Brandenburg

3. Dorothea of Denmark

14. Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg

7. Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg

15. Catherine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

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