Joachim Frederick of Brieg
Joachim Friedrich von Brieg ( Joachim Friedrich von Liegnitz - Brieg; Polish Fryderyk Joachim legnicko - Brzeski, Czech Jáchym Fridrich Břežsko - Lehnický; born September 29, 1550 in Brieg, † March 25, 1602 ibid ) was 1586-1602 Duke of Brieg and 1595-1602 Duke of Wohlau. From 1586 to 1592 he was with his brother Duke of Ohlau by Joachim Friedrich from 1595 belonged alone. In 1596 he inherited the Duchy of Legnica also.
Origin and family
Joachim Frederick's parents were George II " the Pious ", Duke of Brieg, Ohlau and Wohlau and Barbara of Brandenburg. His first name Joachim he received after his maternal grandfather Joachim II of Brandenburg, the middle name Frederick after his paternal grandfather Frederick II of Legnica. Joachim Friedrich had the younger brother of Johann Georg and four sisters.
On May 19, 1577 Joachim Friedrich married Anna Maria von Anhalt, a daughter of Prince Joachim Ernst von Anhalt. The couple had children
Life
Joachim Friedrich spent during his youth for several years at the court of his uncle Johann Georg of Brandenburg. From him he was sent as a representative of Brandenburg for the coronation of the French prince Henry of Anjou as King of Poland to Krakow. On October 27, 1575, he attended the coronation of Rudolf II in part to the Roman- German king in Rome. 1585 his father competed in agreement with his brother Johann Georg of Brandenburg for Joachim Friedrich successfully to the provost at the Cathedral of Magdeburg. Even before had Joachim Friedrich Brieger held the deanery.
After the death of his father in 1586 Joachim Friedrichs position was weakened by the fact that he had to share the behind by the father owned with his younger brother Johann Georg, since the principle of primogeniture had not yet been enforced. Joachim Friedrich received the Duchy Brieg, which was, however, reduced by the city Brieg, the state of his mother Barbara as jointure. His brother Johann Georg fell to Wohlau. The heritage to which also belongs Ohlau they got together. In Ohlau they resided first together. In order to pay the debts left behind by the father individual goods had to be sold. As in the third Polish Interregnum Archduke Maximilian registered its claim to the throne and mid October 1587 with its military crossed the Silesian- Polish border in Bytom, he was supported with a contingent Riders of Joachim Friedrich .. probably why he was in 1588 appointed commander of the Silesian army.
After his brother Johann Georg, who died in 1592 without an heir 's death, inherited Joachim Friedrich Wohlau, he again joined now with Brieg. Johann Georg's widow Anna of Württemberg received Ohlau as jointure. After breaking up in October 1594 IV remarried with Frederick of Liegnitz, she lost her jointure, so Ohlau now got to Joachim Friedrich. In 1595 it fell to the city Brieg after the death of his mother. Now he was able to unite the whole patrimony in his hand. When he died in 1596 without male descendants also his cousin Frederick IV of Legnica inherited, belonged to him now also Legnica.
When in 1599 the Breslau Bishop Bonaventura Hahn was forced by the Pope to resignation, rejected Joachim Friedrich and his brother, Duke Charles II of Münsterberg - oil which the participation in the election of Bishop Paul Albert, since this was not a Silesians.
1599 acquired Joachim Friedrich von Peter Wok von Rosenberg until then the Duchy of Münsterberg belonging cities rich stone and silver mountain. However, the privilege of minting the sale to Joachim Friedrich was excluded. After this, he was also awarded in 1601 by the Emperor Rudolf II in his capacity as King of Bohemia, it took advantage of Joachim Friedrich and his followers eagerly. This led to a significant elevation of Reichensteiner mining.
During his reign, Joachim Friedrich confirmed the towns of his dominions the existing privileges and supported the development of the craft. The unmarried daughters of the deposed Henry XI. of Liegnitz he supported financially.
Joachim Friedrich died on 25 March 1602 Brieg. His body was buried on 7 May this year in the Brieger St. Hedwig's Church. After his last will, which he had written down on 16 December 1595 his widow received Ohlau as jointure. When dukes followed him after his two sons Johann Christian and Georg Rudolf. They received their territories by the Bohemian sovereigns, although as Gesamtbelehnung, but shared it again. Since they were minors at the time, the regency was exercised by her mother. After her death in 1605 her uncle Charles II, Duke of Münsterberg - Oels exercised the guardianship.
Marshal and steward Joachim Friedrichs was Hans von Schweinichen.