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{{ infobox noble<br />
| name = Louis IV<br />
| title = Duke of Brzeg, Wołów, Legnica<br />
| image = LudwikIVLegnica.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = Louis IV, Duke of Legnica<br />
| noble family = [[Silesian Piasts]]<br />
| father = [[John Christian of Brieg]]<br />
| mother = [[Dorothea Sibylle of Brandenburg]]<br />
| spouse = Anna Sophie of Mecklenburg<br />
| issue = <br />
| birth_date = 19 April 1616<br />
| birth_place = [[Brzeg]]<br />
| death_date = 24 November 1663<br />
| death_place = [[Legnica]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Louis IV of Legnica''' ({{langx|pl|Ludwik}}; [[Brzeg]], 19 April 1616 – [[Legnica]], 24 November 1663) was a duke of Brzeg from 1633 (together with his brothers until 1654), of [[Wołów]] (during 1653–1654 with his brothers) and of Legnica from 1653 (until 1654 with his brothers, after this alone).<br />
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He was the fifth but second surviving son of [[John Christian of Brieg|John Christian]], Duke of [[Brzeg]]-[[Legnica]]-[[Wołów]]-[[Oława]], by his first wife, [[Dorothea Sibylle of Brandenburg|Dorothea Sibylle]], daughter of [[John George, Elector of Brandenburg]].<br />
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==Life==<br />
After the death of their father in 1639, Louis IV and his younger brother Christian inherited Brzeg and Oława together with their oldest brother George III, who had been appointed administrator of the Duchies by the Emperor six years before. After the death of their uncle George Rudolf in 1653 without issue, the brothers inherited his lands of Legnica and Wołów. In 1654, they decided to a division of their domains: Louis IV obtained [[Legnica]], George III retained Brzeg, and Christian received the small towns of [[Oława]] and [[Wołów]].<br />
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==Marriage and issue==<br />
In Brzeg on 8 May 1649, Louis IV married Anna Sophie (Harzgerode, 29 September 1628 - Prochowice, 10 February 1666), daughter of [[John Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg|John Albert II]], Duke of [[Mecklenburg-Güstrow]] by his third wife, Eleonore Maria of Anhalt-Bernburg, first cousin of Louis IV's father John Christian; thus, the spouses were [[Cousin|second cousins]]. They had one son:<br />
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*Christian Albert (b. 7 November 1651 - d. 20 January 1652).<br />
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After his death without surviving issue, Louis IV was succeeded by his brothers George III and Christian. George III died soon thereafter, and Christian 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 />
*[http://wwperson.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/cgi-bin/l3/LANG=engl/F=Ludwig@IV./N=v.Schlesien-Liegnitz Genealogical database by Herbert Stoyan]<br />
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{{s-hou | [[House of Piast]] | 19 April | 1616 | 24 November | 1663 }}<br />
{{s-bef | rows=2 | before=[[John Christian of Brieg|John Christian]]}}<br />
{{s-ttl | title=[[Duchy of Silesia|Duke of Brzeg]]|regent1=George III and Christian|years=1633–1654}}<br />
{{s-aft | after=[[George III of Brieg|George III]]}}<br />
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{{s-ttl | title=[[Duchy of Silesia|Duke of Oława]]|regent1=George III and Christian|years=1633–1654}}<br />
{{s-aft | rows=2 |after=[[Christian, Duke of Brieg|Christian]]}}<br />
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{{s-bef | rows=2 | before=[[George Rudolf of Legnica|George Rudolf]]}}<br />
{{s-ttl | title=[[Duchy of Silesia|Duke of Wołów]]|regent1=George III and Christian|years=1653–1654}}<br />
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{{s-ttl | title=[[Duchy of Silesia|Duke of Legnica]]|regent1=George III and Christian|years=1653–1663|years1=1653-1654}}<br />
{{s-aft | after=[[George III of Brieg|George III]] and<br/> [[Christian, Duke of Brieg|Christian]]}}<br />
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[[Category:1663 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Bohemia]]<br />
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