Louis IV of Legnica
Louis IV of Legnica ( born April 19, 1616 Brieg, † November 24, 1663 in Legnica ) was from 1639 to 1653 in Community regency with his brothers George III. and Christian Duke of Brieg. After the 1653 partition of an estate made him fell to Liegnitz, which he ruled until his death in 1663 alone.
Origin and family
Ludwig came from the Legnica branch of the Silesian Piast dynasty. His parents were the Duke Johann Brieger Christian and his first wife Dorothea Sybille, who was a daughter of the Elector Johann Georg of Brandenburg.
On May 8, 1649 Ludwig IV married in Brieg Anna Sophie ( 1628-1666 ), daughter of Duke Johann Albrecht II of Mecklenburg- Güstrow from his third marriage to Eleonora Maria von Anhalt- Bernburg. Eleonora Mary was a cousin of Ludwig's father, and thus second cousin Louis. The marriage came from the only son of Christian Albert, who was born on November 7, 1651, and died on January 20, 1652.
Life
After fleeing his father Johann Christian in 1633 to Thorn and Ludwig and his older brother George III were. , Who were to study abroad, ordered there where they should await further developments. After July 11, 1634, the evagenlischen stands the absent Duke Johann Christian director of the Silesian prince chose the day, the family returned to Brieg. When the father beginning in January 1635 went again into exile in Thorn, he left Louis and his brother George, whom he appointed in 1637 to his governor in Brieg back, whereas in 1638 at the instigation of the father returned the youngest brother Christian.
After the death of his father Johann Christian Ludwig in 1639 and his two brothers George and Christian inherited the Duchy Brieg and Ohlau but which has been bequeathed assigned to her mother as jointure. They ruled their possessions first together. A division they refused initially, as their relatively small inheritance was additionally burdened with a severance package for the foreclosed from following siblings of the second marriage of the father. Only after them 1653 after the death of her childless deceased uncle Georg Rudolf the Duchy of Legnica with Wohlau devolved, they divided the property. Ludwig received Liegnitz, Georg received Brieg and Christian Wohlau and Ohlau. Since 1644 Friedrich von Logau ducal Council of Duke Ludwig, with whom he moved in 1653 to Liegnitz, where he led the collection " German epigrams three thousand" published in the same year. 1648 Ludwig was under the name " The Healing " Member of the fruit -bearing Society.
1656 approved Ludwig in war Heide construction of a Protestant church, which served for more than 60 municipalities in the neighboring Duchy of Glogau as so-called boundary Church.
After Ludwig's death, who died in 1663 without heirs, inherited Legnica the eldest brother of George III. , Which, however, followed him a year later in death. He was succeeded by the youngest brother, Christian, who was thus able to combine the Liegnitzschen duchies in one hand.