Christian, Duke of Brieg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Christian, Duke of Brieg

Duke of Legnica and Brieg

Date of Birth: 19-Apr-1618

Place of Birth: Oława, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 28-Feb-1672

Profession: feudatory

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Christian of Brieg-Legnica (German: Christian von Liegnitz-Brieg, Polish: Chrystian Brzeski-Legnicki, Czech: Kristián Brežsko-Lehnický; 19 April 1618 in Olawa – 28 February 1672 in Olawa) was a Duke of Legnica (during 1653-1654 and 1663-1664 with his brothers), Brzeg (during 1639-1654 with his brothers), Wolów (during 1653-1654 with his brothers, then alone) and Olawa (during 1639-1654 with his brothers, then alone).
Since 1664, he was the sole ruler as Duke of Legnica-Brzeg-Wolów-Olawa.
He is descended from the Legnica branch of the Silesian Piasts dynasty. He was the seventh but third surviving son of John Christian, Duke of Brzeg-Legnica-Wolów-Olawa, by his first wife Dorothea Sybille, daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg.



Alternative names	Mathias van Someren Mathias van Sommern Matthias van Sommeren MVS M. v Sommeren M. V. Somer Matthias von Sommer
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Date of birth/death	before 1648 date QS:P,+1648-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1648-00-00T00:00:00Z/9	after 1672 date QS:P,+1672-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1672-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Location of birth	Northern Netherlands
Work location	Rotterdam, Amsterdam, after 1650 date QS:P,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 Cologne, Nuremberg
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National Library of Poland

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