Ruler · 1686 – 1752

Adolphus Frederick III

Lived 1686 – 1752; monarch. Duke of Duchies of Silesia, 1708 – 1752; also in the line of Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

Wikidata's English label: Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1686 – 1752; 66 years
In office: 44 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Duke

Duchies of Silesia · the 23rd of 28 dated reigns · 1298 – 1799

19 before

Gaspar Juan Pérez de Guzmán, 10th Duke of Medina Sidonia1664 – 1667

Francesco Farnese1694 – 1727

Adolphus Frederick II1701 – 1708

Adolphus Frederick III1708 – 1752

Ernst Ludwig II1724 – 1729

Antonio Farnese1727 – 1731

Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria1733 – 1799

2 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1708 – 1752 · 44 years · came to it aged 22

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1752, the year they died

Also in the line of Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (2nd of 4).

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