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Gustav Adolph was born at the ducal residence in Güstrow, the son of Duke John Albert II and his third wife Eleonore Marie (1600–1657), daughter of Prince Christian I of Anhalt-Bernburg . As Gustav Adolph was a minor when his father died in 1636, his uncle Duke Adolph Frederick I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin at first became regent at Güstrow.
- 26 February 1633, Güstrow
- House of Mecklenburg
- 6 October 1695 (aged 62), Güstrow
- Magdalene Sibylle of Holstein-Gottorp
The House of Mecklenburg-Güstrow had assumed the administration of the former Catholic Prince-Bishopric of Ratzeburg after its conversion to Lutheranism in 1554. By the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, the diocese was finally secularised and adjudicated to the last administrator, Duke Gustav Adolph . Gustav Adolph's death in 1695 led to an ...
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Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg was the last ruler of Mecklenburg-Güstrow from 1636 until his death and last Lutheran Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Ratzeburg from 1636 to 1648.
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Media in category "Gustav Adolph, Duke of Mecklenburg-Güstrow". The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. Gustav Adolf, 1633-1695, hertig av Mecklenburg-Güstrow. Magdalena Sibylla, 1631-1719, av Holstei - Nationalmuseum - 15541.tif 3,866 × 4,360; 48.26 MB.
