Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

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

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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

16. Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 8. Henry I of Lüneburg 17. Anne of Nassau-Siegen 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.