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Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode

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Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode
Bornc. 1350
Died1421
SpouseAdelaide of Anhalt-Zerbst
IssueOtto II, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode
HouseHouse of Guelph
FatherErnest I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen
MotherAdelaide of Everstein-Polle

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]

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.

Frederick I, Duke of Brunswick-Osterode
Born: c. 1350 Died: 1421
Preceded by Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Count of Osterode

1361–1421
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ Ludwig Ferdinand Spehr (1877), "Ernst der Aeltere, Herzog von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 257–258