Person

Frederick II of Legnica

1480–1547 · 16th century · Also known as Frederick II of Brzeg

Frederick II of Legnica was a Silesian Piast duke who ruled Legnica and from 1521 also Brzeg. He introduced the Lutheran Reformation to his duchies in the 1520s and founded a short-lived Protestant university at Legnica. In 1537 he concluded an inheritance treaty with Brandenburg, later used by Prussia to claim Silesia.

Frederick II of Legnica
Image: Bartłomiej Strachowski · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Duchy of LegnicaDuchy of Brzeg

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