Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Grabow (13 February 1638 – 28 April 1688) was the Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow from 1665 until his death in 1688.
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Life
He was the son of Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and his second wife Marie Katharina (1616-1665), daughter of Julius Ernst, Duke of Brunswick-Dannenberg (1571-1636). In 1667, Frederick became Domherr of Strasbourg Cathedral and from 1669, he lived in the family castle in Grabow. Three of his sons succeeded him, as Dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Frederick died in a fire in the castle and was buried on 3 June 1725, in the Schelfkirche St. Nikolai in Schwerin.
Marriage and issue
On 28 May 1671 he married Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg (30 June 1653, Bingenheim – 16 May 1722, Grabow), daughter of William Christoph of Hesse-Homburg. They had the following children:
Frederick William I (28 March 1675 – 31 July 1713); married Sophie Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (16 July 1678 – 30 May 1749), daughter of Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, without issue.
Carl Leopold (26 November 1678 – 28 November 1747); married Grand Duchess Ekaterina Ioanovna of Russia; with issue, including Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia, mother of Ivan VI of Russia.
Christian Ludwig II (15 May 1683 – 30 May 1756); married his first cousin, Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, with issue.
Sophie Louise (6 May 1685 – 29 July 1735); third wife of Frederick I of Prussia, without issue.
