Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Noble family	House of Welf
Father	William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Mother	Dorothea of Denmark
Born	28 August 1574
Died	10 December 1648 (aged 74)

Thaler of Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Frederick, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, (1574–1648) 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.

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

16. Otto V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg               8. Henry I of Lüneburg                       17. Anna of Nassau-Dillenburg               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.