A new guanidinium-templated hydrated iron sulfate, [CN 3 H 6 ][Fe II Fe III (SO 4 ) 3 (H 2 O) 3 ] (1), was prepared from strongly acidic aqueous solutions. Its crystal structure is comprised from Fe III O 6 and Fe II O 3 (H 2 O) 3 octahedra linked by sulfate bridges forming a [Fe II Fe II (SO 4 ) 3 (H 2 O) 3 ] − 3D framework with a layer-bylayer ordering of ferric and ferrous cations. The structural topology of the framework is related to the anhydrous rhombohedral mikasaite Fe 2 (SO 4 ) 3 . The removal of part of the sulfate tetrahedra and the partial replacement of the Fe 3+ cations in the [Fe 3+2 (SO 4 ) 3 ] 0 framework by Fe 2+ provide a negative charge and allow the incorporation of the protonated organic species in the voids. The compound 1 has been characterized by single-crystal Xray diffraction, TG and DSC analyses, UV−vis−NIR spectroscopy, magnetic susceptibility, Mossbauer spectroscopy, IR and Raman spectroscopy, and density functional band-structure calculations. The magnetic behavior of 1 shows an interplay of Fe II (S = 2) and Fe III (S = 5/2) sublattices that exhibit different types of antiferromagnetic couplings, one Fe III −Fe III (J 1 ∼ 6.1 K) and two Fe II −Fe III couplings (J 2 ∼ 1 K, J 3 ∼ 5.9 K) within corrugated honeycomb layers. These ferrimagnetic layers are coupled antiparallel to each other, resulting in an overall antiferromagnetic order below T N = 31 K.