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{{Infobox nobility<br />
| name = Frederick I of Liegnitz<br />
| title = Duke of Chojnów. Strzelin, Oława, Legnica, Brzeg<br />
| image = Portal.JPG<br />
| caption = John I, Frederick I, Frederick II.<br />
| noble family = [[Silesian Piasts]]<br />
| father = [[John I of Lüben]]<br />
| mother = Hedwig of Brzeg<br />
| spouse = [[Ludmila of Poděbrady]]<br />
| issue = [[John II of Legnica]]<br>[[Frederick II of Legnica]]<br>[[George I of Brieg]]<br />
| birth_date = 3 May 1446<br />
| birth_place = [[Brzeg]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1488|5|9|1446|5|3|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Legnica]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Frederick I of Liegnitz''' (3 May 1446 – 9 May 1488), was a Duke of [[Chojnów]] and [[Strzelin]] from 1453, of [[Oława]] and Legnica from 1454, of Brzeg from 1481 and of [[Lubin]] from 1482.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Frederick was born in [[Brzeg]]. He was the only son of [[Jan I of Lubin|John I]], Duke of Lubin, by his wife Hedwig, daughter of [[Ludwik II of Brzeg]].<br />
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The successive deaths of his uncle [[Henry X, Duke of Haynau|Henry X]] (in 1452) and his own father (in 1453) left Frederick I as the last male representative of the Legnica-Brzeg branch of the [[Piast dynasty]]. The seven-year-old prince succeeded John I in Chojnow and Strzelin under the regency of his mother, the Dowager Duchess Hedwig. One year later (1454), Frederick I inherited Olava and [[Niemcza]] after the death of his paternal grandmother [[Margareta of Opole]]; shortly after, he also received Legnica from the [[Kingdom of Bohemia]]. The regency of Dowager Duchess Hedwig ended in 1466, when Frederick I was formally proclaimed an adult and was able to rule by himself. Throughout his reign he focused on the consolidation of his dynasty and the recovery of all the lands lost by his predecessors.<br />
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In 1481 Frederick I purchased Brzeg from the [[Dukes of Opole]], and one year later (1482) he did the same with Lubin, then in hands of the Dukes of [[Głogów]]. In 1488 he also recovered the towns of [[Byczyna]], [[Wołczyn]] and [[Kluczbork]].<br />
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He died at [[Legnica]] in 1488.<br />
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==Marriage and issue==<br />
On 5 September 1474, Frederick I married [[Ludmila of Poděbrady|Ludmila]], daughter of [[George of Poděbrady]], King of [[Bohemia]]. They had three sons:<br />
*[[John II of Legnica|John II]] (1477 – 6 March 1495).<br />
*[[Frederick II of Legnica|Frederick II]] (12 February 1480 – 17 September 1547).<br />
*[[George I of Brieg|George I]] (1481/83 – 30 May 1521).<br />
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In his will, he left his wife Brzeg and Olava as widow's land, which were ruled by her until her own death.<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/piast/piast5.html#F1 |title= Complete Genealogy of the House of Piast: Silesia |publisher=Genealogy.EU}}{{Self-published source|date=August 2012}}{{Better source|date=August 2012}}<br />
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