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George William of Legnica，or George IV William ((ドイツ語:Georg Wilhelm); (ポーランド語:Jerzy Wilhelm legnicki); 29 September 1660 – 21 November 1675) was the last Silesian duke of Legnica and Brzeg from 1672 until his death. He was the last male member of the Silesian Piast dynasty. ==Descendance== George William was the eldest but only surviving son of Duke Christian of Legnica-Brzeg (1618-1672) by his wife Louise (1631-1680), a daughter of Prince John Casimir of Anhalt-Dessau. He had three siblings: * Karolina of Legnica-Brieg (1652-1707), last Silesian Piast duchess, married Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg in 1672; * Louise (1657–1660); * Christian Louis (1664-1664). As the only surviving son, George William was the sole heir to his father's possessions. Duke Christian of Legnica-Brzeg spent many years in exile in Poland and in the Duchy of Prussia during the Thirty Years' War, after George William's grandfather Duke John Christian of Brieg had fallen out of favour with the Habsburg emperor Ferdinand II. After the abdication of King John II Casimir Vasa of Poland, Duke Christian put forward his own candidacy for the Polish throne; in order to win the affection and support of the old nobility, he initially wanted to give his newborn son an old Piast name (like Mieszko or Bolesław); however, the Calvinist clergy of his duchy opposed this, maintaining that the idea could bring the return to paganism over Poland. The duke, however, saw to it that his son spoke Polish and wore Polish clothes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George William, Duke of Liegnitz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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