Georg Rudolph (Piast) Legnicki (1595 - 1653)

Born 22 Jan 1595 in Ohlau, Ohlau, Silesia, Prussia, German Empire

Ancestors

Husband of Sophie Elisabeth von Anhalt-Dessau — married 4 Nov 1614 in Dessau, Fürstentum Anhalt-Dessau, Heiliges Römisches Reich

Died 14 Jan 1653 at age 57 in Wrocław

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Biography

In Dessau on 4 November 1614, George Rudolf married his first cousin Sophie Elisabeth von Anhalt-Dessau (1589-1620), daughter of his maternal uncle John George I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau. His second marriage (on 25 November 1624) was to another first cousin: Elisabeth Magdalena (Poděbrad) Minsterberská (1599-1631), daughter of Duke Karl II and George Rudolf's paternal aunt Elisabeth Magdalena of Brieg. Both marriages were childless. Twice widowed, George Rudolf remained single for the next twenty-two years, until his death at Breslau. His lands were inherited by his nephews George III, Louis IV and Christian, the three only surviving sons of the first (and only equal) marriage of his brother John Christian, who had died in 1639.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rudolf_of_Liegnitz
• Medieval Lands - Silesia