George II of Brieg (18 July 1523, in Legnica – 7 May 1586, in Brzeg), was a Duke of Brzeg from 1547 until his death. He was the second son of Frederick...
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George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1454–1509) George II of Kakheti (1464–1513) George II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels (1512–1553) George II of Brieg (1523–1586)...
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in the Duchy of Prussia during the Thirty Years' War, after George William's grandfather Duke John Christian of Brieg had fallen out of favour with the...
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George III of Brieg (Polish: Jerzy III Brzeski; Brzeg, 4 September 1611 – Brzeg, 4 July 1664), was a Duke of Brzeg since 1633 (as administrator; in 1639...
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paternal aunt of the young Dukes (the only surviving sibling of the late Joachim Frederick), Elisabeth Magdalena of Brieg and her husband, Karl II of Poděbrady...
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George I, Duke of Brieg (Brzeg) (Polish: Jerzy I brzeski; 1481 or 1483 – 30 May 1521), was a Duke of Legnica during 1488–1505 (with his brother as co-ruler)...
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(1562–1630), daughter of Duke George II of Brieg. After his father's death in 1617 Karl Friedrich took over the government of the Duchy of Oels. At the same...
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second son of George II the Pious, Duke of Brieg-Ohlau-Wohlau (Brzeg-Oława-Wołów), by his wife Barbara, daughter of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg...
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Companion of Muhammad, and his first cousin Zainab bint Muhammad Julius Adam, German painter, and his first cousin, Amalie Adam John Adams II (1803–1834)...
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Joachim Frederick of (Legnica-)Brieg (German: Joachim Friedrich von Liegnitz-Brieg; Polish: Joachim Fryderyk legnicko-brzeski; 29 September 1550 – Brzeg...
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– Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529) May 7 – George II of Brieg, Duke of Brieg (1547–1586) (b. 1523) May 9 – Luis de Morales, Spanish religious...
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of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1574) July 4 – Pier Francesco Orsini, Italian condottiero and art patron (d. 1583) July 18 – Duke George II of Brieg (1547–1586)...
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– Henry Sidney, Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. 1529) May 7 – George II of Brieg, Duke of Brieg (1547–1586) (b. 1523) May 9 – Luis de Morales, Spanish religious...
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century but was burned down in the town's great fire during the reign of George II of Brieg. The present town hall was built between 1569 and 1577. It was designed...
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The Duchy of Brzeg (Polish: Księstwo Brzeskie) or Duchy of Brieg (German: Herzogtum Brieg; Czech: Knížectví břežské) was one of the Duchies of Silesia,...
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of Brieg (Brzeg). She was the second child but eldest daughter of Joachim II Hector, Elector of Brandenburg, by his first wife Magdalena, daughter of...
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February 1520 – d. Legnica, 15 December 1570). George II the Pious (b. Legnica, 18 July 1523 – d. Schloss Brieg, 7 May 1586). Sophie (b. 1525 – d. Berlin,...
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Elisabeth Magdalena of Brieg (1562–1630), daughter of the Duke George II of Brieg. Henry Wenceslaus was appointed in 1608 as rector of the Viadrina European...
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of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1574) July 4 – Pier Francesco Orsini, Italian condottiero and art patron (d. 1583) July 18 – Duke George II of Brieg (1547–1586)...
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William II, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg (28 August 1670 – 21 September 1724 in Dillenburg) was the ruler (i.e. Fürst) of Nassau-Dillenburg from 1701 until...
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Fürst) of Nassau-Dillenburg from the line that had started in 1606 with George, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg. His parents were Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg...
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Saxony (1507–1534): John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525–1598), had issue Barbara of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brieg (1527–1595), had issue Elisabeth (1...
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King of the Romans as Albert II (10 August 1397 – 27 October 1439), was a member of the House of Habsburg. By inheritance he became Albert V, Duke of Austria...
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Piast dynasty (redirect from House of Piast)
Romans and of Bohemia Hedwig of Sagan, daughter of Henry V of Iron, Queen consort of Poland Karolina of Legnica-Brieg, last legitimate member of the entire...
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Piasts, was George William, Duke of Liegnitz-Brieg and Wehlau. Ferdinand II was the grand-grandson of Adam Wenceslaus, Duke of Cieszyn. Son of Ferdinand...
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Julius Henry of Saxe-Lauenburg Dorothea Sibylle (19 October 1590 – 9 March 1625), married in 1610 to Duke John Christian of Brieg George Albert (20 November...
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Karolina of Legnica-Brieg-Wohlau (German: Charlotte von Liegnitz-Brieg-Wohlau, Polish: Karolina Piastówna; 2 December 1652 in Brzeg – 24 December 1707...
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John Christian of Brieg (Polish: Jan Chrystian; German: Johann Christian; Ohlau, 28 August 1591 – Osterode in Ostpreußen (today Ostróda), 25 December 1639)...
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Silesian architecture (redirect from Architecture of Silesia)
master Andreas Walther d.Ä.. It depicts George II of Brieg, his wife Barbara von Brandenburg and his line of ancestors. It was most probably modeled after...
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guardianship of his nephews John Christian of Brieg and George Rudolf of Liegnitz, who were raised at his court in Oels. In 1604 he bought back the Duchy of Bernstadt...
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