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{{ infobox noble
| name = George I
| title = Duke of Legnica, Brzeg
| image = George I of Brieg and Anna of Pomerania.png
| image_size =
| caption = George I of Brzeg and Anna of Pomerania
| noble family = [[Silesian Piasts]]
| father = [[Frederick I of Legnica]]
| mother = [[Ludmila of Poděbrady]]
| spouse = [[Anna of Pomerania, Duchess of Lubin|Anna of Pomerania]]
| issue =
| birth_date = 1481/83
| birth_place =
| death_date = 30 May 1521
| death_place =
}}

'''George I, Duke of Brieg (Brzeg)''' ({{langx|pl|'''Jerzy I brzeski'''}}; 1481 or 1483 – 30 May 1521), was a Duke of [[Duchy of Legnica|Legnica]] during 1488–1505 (with his brother as co-ruler) and of [[Duchy of Brzeg|Brzeg]] since 1505 until his death. He was a member of the Legnica-Brzeg branch of the [[Piast dynasty]].

He was the third and youngest son of [[Frederick I of Legnica|Frederick I]], Duke of [[Chojnów]]-[[Oława]]-[[Legnica]]-[[Brzeg]]-[[Lubin]], by his wife [[Ludmila of Poděbrady|Ludmila]], daughter of [[George of Poděbrady]], King of [[Bohemia]].

==Life==
After the death of his father in 1488, George I and his two older brothers John II and Frederick II succeeded him in Legnica, Chojnów and Lubin; but because all were minors, the regency was held by their mother, the Dowager Duchess Ludmila, who received from her late husband Brzeg and Oława as [[dower]] until her death. John II died in 1495 still under the regency of Ludmila; George I and his brother Frederick II began their personal reign only three years later, in 1498.

Dowager Duchess Ludmila died in 1503 and their domains of Brzeg and Oława were inherited by his sons, who continued as co-rulers for another two years, until 1505, when they finally decided to make the division of their lands. George I received Brzeg and Lubin.

On 9 June 1516 George I married with [[Anna of Pomerania, Duchess of Lubin|Anna]] (b. 1492 – d. 25 April 1550), daughter of [[Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania]]. They had no children and for this, on his death George I was succeeded by his brother Frederick II only in Brzeg, because Lubin was granted to Dowager Duchess Anna as dower.

==References==
*{{cite web |last=Marek |first=Miroslav |url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/piast/piast5.html#G1 |title= Complete Genealogy of the House of Silesia: Piast |publisher= Genealogy.EU}}{{Self-published source|date=August 2012}}{{Better source needed|date=August 2012}}

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{{s-ttl|title=[[Duchy of Silesia|Duke of Legnica]]<br/> ''with John II (until 1495)<br/> and Frederick II''|years=1488–1505}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Frederick II of Legnica|Frederick II]]}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Ludmila of Poděbrady|Ludmila]]}}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Duchy of Silesia|Duke of Brzeg]]<br/> ''with Frederick II (until 1505)''|years=1503–1521}}
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Duchy of Silesia|Duke of Lubin]]|years=1505–1521}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Anna of Pomerania, Duchess of Lubin|Anna]]}}
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