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He was a son and successor of Adolf Friedrich I Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ( 1588 - 1658 ) by his wife Maria Katharina, Princess of Braunschweig - Wolfenbüttel ( 1616 - 1665 ). ROYAL ANCESTRY Adolf Friedrich was a fourth-generation descendant of Gustav Vasa , King Of Sweden and his second Queen Consort Margareta Leijonhufvud through their second child and first daughter Katharina Of Sweden ( 1539 - 1610 ). Katharina was consort to Edzard II, Count of East Frisia ( 1532 - 1599 ). East Frisia played a prominent role at the spreading of Protestant Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire of the 16th Century and was thus a natural ally for Protestant Sweden . Their daughter Maria, Princess of East Frisia ( 1582 - 1616 ) became consort to Julius-Ernst, Duke of Braunschweig - Wolfenbüttel ( 1571 - 1636 ). They were the maternal grandparents of Adolf Friedrich II. MARRIAGES AND CHILDREN Adolf Friedrich II was first married to Maria, Princess of Mecklenburg-Gustrow ( 19 July , 1659 - 16 January , 1701 ). They were parents to five children:
On 20 June , 1702 , Adolf Friedrich II first married to Johanna von Sachsen-Gotha ( 1 October , 1680 - 9 July , 1704 ). Johanna was a daughter of Friedrich I, Prince of Saxe-Gotha ( 15 July , 1646 - - 2 August , 1691 ) and Magdalen Sybille von Sachsen-Weissenfels ( 2 September , 1648 - 7 January , 1681 ). There were no children from this marriage. Adolf Friedrich was married for the third and last time Christiane Emilie von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen ( 13 March , 1681 - 1 November , 1751 ). She was a daughter of Christian Wilhelm , Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen ( 9 January , 1647 - 10 May , 1721 ) and Antonie Sybille von Barby -Muhlingen ( 7 Apri , 1641 - 2 May , 1684 ). They were parents to two children:
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