Adolphus Frederick I

Adolf Frederick I
Adolf Frederick I
	Portrait by Daniel Blok
Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Reign	22 March 1592 - 27 February 1658; (Deposed by Wallenstein 1628-1631)
Predecessor	John VII
Successor	Christian Louis I
Born	15 December 1588; Schwerin, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Holy Roman Empire
Died	27 February 1658 (aged 69); Schwerin, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Holy Roman Empire
Spouse	; Anna Maria of Ostfriesland (m. 1622; died 1634) Marie Katharina of Brunswick-Dannenberg (m. 1635)
Issue; Detail	Christian Louis I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin; Sophie Agnes, Abbess of Rühn; Charles, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow; Anna Maria, Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels; John George, Duke of Mecklenburg-Mirow; Prince Gustav Rudolph; Juliane Sibylla, Abbess of Rühn; Frederick, Duke of Mecklenburg-Grabow; Christina, Abbess of Gandersheim; Marie Elisabeth, Abbess of Gandersheim; Anna Sophia, Duchess of Württemberg-Juliusburg; Adolf Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz;
House	Mecklenburg
Father	John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Mother	Sophia of Holstein-Gottorp

Adolf Frederick I (German: Adolf Friedrich I; 15 December 1588 – 27 February 1658) was the reigning Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin from his father's death in 1592 until 1628 and again from 1631 to 1658. Between 1634 and 1648 Adolf Frederick also ruled the Prince-Bishopric of Schwerin as its administrator.