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George III of Brieg (Template:Lang-pl; b. Brzeg, 4 September 1611 - d. Brzeg, 4 July 1664), was a Duke of Brzeg since 1633 (as administrator; in 1639 he took formally the title, together with his brothers until 1654) and Legnica-Wołów during 1653-1654 (with his brothers).
He was the eldest son of John Christian, Duke of Brzeg-Legnica-Wołów-Oława, by his first wife Dorothea Sybille, daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg.
Life
In 1639 after the death of his father, George III, together with his two only surviving brothers Louis IV and Christian inherited Brzeg and Oława. After the death of their uncle George Rudolf in 1653, the brothers brothers inherited Legnica and Wołów, but one year later (1654), they decided to made the formal division of their domains: George III retain Brzeg, Louis obtain Legnica and Christian received the small towns of Oława and Wołów. When his brother Louis IV died without surviving issue in 1663, George III inherited Legnica together his Christian as co-rulers.
Marriages and Issue
In Bierutów on 23 February 1638, George III married with Sophie Katharina (b. Oleśnica, 2 September 1601 - d. Brzeg, 21 March 1659), daughter of Karl II of Poděbrady, Duke of Ziębice-Oleśnica by his wife Elisabeth Magdalena of Brieg, sister of George III's grandfather Joachim Frederick; in consecuence, she was his first cousin once removed. They had one daughter:
- Dorothea Elisabeth (b. Wroclaw, 17 December 1646 - d. Dillenburg, 9 June 1691), married on 13 October 1663 to Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg.
In Brzeg on 19 October 1660, George III married secondly with Elisabeth Marie Charlotte (b. Sedan, 23 October 1638 - d. Brzeg, 22 May 1664), daughter of Louis Philipp of Pfalz-Simmern-Kaiserslautern and niece of Frederick V, Elector Palatine and briefly King of Bohemia. The marriage was childless.
George III survive his second wife only two months. After his death without male issue, his lands were inherited by his only surviving brother, Christian, who then reunited all their lands under his rule.