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Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode (c. 1350-1421)[citation needed] was a son of Duke Ernest I and his wife, Adelaide of Everstein-Polle.[1]
Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode | |
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Born | c. 1350 |
Died | 1421 |
Noble family | House of Guelph |
Spouse(s) | Adelaide of Anhalt-Zerbst |
Issue | Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode |
Father | Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen |
Mother | Adelaide of Everstein-Polle |
In 1361, he succeeded his father as Count of Osterode.
He married Adelaide (d. before 1421), a daughter of Bernhard V, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, and was the father of Otto II (1396-1452), who succeeded him.[citation needed] He may have also married Elizabeth, heiress of Homburg.[2][3]
References edit
- ^ Ludwig Ferdinand Spehr (1877), "Ernst der Aeltere, Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 257–258
- ^ "BRUNSWICK". fmg.ac. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
- ^ Halliday, Andrew (1821). A general history of the house of Guelph. Thomas and George Underwood. p. 532.