Frederick II of Legnica, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Frederick II of Legnica

Duke of Legnica

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1480

Place of Birth: Legnica, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 17-Sep-1547

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Frederick II, Duke of Legnica (Polish: Fryderyk II Legnicki) (12 February 1480 – 17 September 1547), also known as the Great of Legnica (Polish: Legnicki Wielki), was a Duke of Legnica from 1488 (until 1495 and 1505 with his brothers), of Brzeg from 1521.
The most notorious of all Legnica Piast rulers, thanks to his excellent financial politics his Duchy was expanded to the Oder River, and he became the founder of the Duchy of Legnica-Wolów-Brzeg (German: Herzogtum Liegnitz-Wohlau-Brieg). He was the second son of Frederick I, Duke of Chojnów-Olawa-Legnica-Brzeg-Lubin, by his wife Ludmila, daughter of George of Podebrady, King of Bohemia.



Alternative names	Bartholomäus Strachowsky
Description	Silesian engraver and illustrator
Date of birth/death	1693	1759
Location of birth/death		Wroclaw
Work period	circa 1711 date QS:P,+1711-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 - 1759
Work location	Wroclaw
Authority control	: Q20030742 VIAF: 164713029 ISNI: 0000 0001 1290 9375 NKC: ola2013763635 NLP: A20246584