Frederick II, Duke of Legnica

Duke of Legnica

1480 CE to 1547 CE

Frederick II, Duke of Legnica (Polish: Fryderyk II Legnicki) (February 12, 1480 – September 17, 1547), also known as the Great of Legnica is a Duke of Legnica from 1488 (until 1495 and 1505 with his brothers), of Brzeg from 1521.

The most notorious of all Legnica Piast rulers, thanks to his excellent financial politics his Duchy is expanded to the Oder River, and he becomes the founder of the Duchy of Legnica-Wołów-Brzeg.

He is the second son of Frederick I, Duke of Chojnów-Oława-Legnica-Brzeg-Lubin, by his wife Ludmila, daughter of George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia.

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