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{{ infobox noble<br />
| name = George III<br />
| title = Duke of Brzeg. Legnica-Wołów<br />
| image = George III of Brieg.jpg<br />
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| caption = <br />
| noble family = [[Silesian Piasts]]<br />
| father = [[John Christian of Brieg]]<br />
| mother = [[Dorothea Sibylle of Brandenburg]]<br />
| spouse = Sophie Katharina of Münsterberg-Oels<br>Elisabeth Marie Charlotte of Simmern-Kaiserslautern<br />
| issue = Dorothea Elisabeth<br />
| birth_date = 4 September 1611<br />
| birth_place = [[Brzeg]]<br />
| death_date = 4 July 1664<br />
| death_place = [[Brzeg]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''George III of Brieg''' ({{langx|pl|Jerzy III Brzeski}}; [[Brzeg]], 4 September 1611 – 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).<br />
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He was the eldest son of [[John Christian of Brieg|John Christian]], Duke of Brzeg-[[Legnica]]-[[Wołów]]-[[Oława]], by his first wife Dorothea Sybille, daughter of [[John George, Elector of Brandenburg]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
The invasion of the Imperial troops in Brzeg (1633), forced the escape of John Christian and his morganatic family to Poland. In 1635, [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Ferdinand II]] entrusted George III the administration of Brzeg during the absence of his father, who never returned home.<br />
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John Christian died in 1639 and George III, together with his two only surviving brothers Louis IV and [[Christian, Duke of Brieg|Christian]] inherited Brzeg and Oława. After the death of their uncle George Rudolf in 1653, the brothers inherited Legnica and Wołów; however, only one year later (1654), they decided to make a formal division of their domains: George III retained Brzeg, Louis IV obtained [[Legnica]] and Christian received the small towns of [[Oława]] and [[Wołów]]. When his brother Louis IV died without surviving issue in 1663, George III and Christian inherited Legnica together as co-rulers.<br />
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==Marriages and Issue==<br />
In [[Bierutów]] on 23 February 1638, George III married firstly with Sophie Katharina (b. Oleśnica, 2 September 1601 – d. Brzeg, 21 March 1659), daughter of [[Charles II, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels|Charles II]], Duke of [[Ziębice]]-[[Oleśnica]] by his wife Elisabeth Magdalena of Brieg, sister of George III's grandfather [[Joachim Frederick of Brieg|Joachim Frederick]]; thus, she was his [[Cousin|first cousin once removed]]. They had one daughter:<br />
#Dorothea Elisabeth (b. Wroclaw, 17 December 1646 – d. Dillenburg, 9 June 1691), married on 13 October 1663 to [[Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg]].<br />
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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 Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern|Louis Philip]], Count Palatine of [[Palatinate-Simmern-Kaiserslautern|Simmern-Kaiserslautern]] and niece of [[Frederick V, Elector Palatine]], who was briefly [[Bohemia|King of Bohemia]]. The marriage was childless.<br />
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George III survived his second wife by 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.<br />
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==References==<br />
*{{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/piast/piast6.html#G3 |title= Complete Genealogy of the House of Piast: Silesia |publisher= Genealogy.EU}}{{Self-published source|date=August 2012}}{{Better source needed|date=August 2012}}<br />
*[https://archive.today/20121218000205/http://wwperson.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/l3/LANG=engl/F=Georg@III./N=v.Schlesien-Liegnitz-Brieg Genealogical database by Herbert Stoyan]<br />
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