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The Brandenburg elector reached an understanding with the Habsburg emperor, and in 1673 George William returned to Brzeg, where he received the homage by the estates. On 14 March 1675, the young duke could take formal possession of the government of his lands after he went to the Imperial court in
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The announcements of the start of a good and prosperous government by George William were stopped with the sudden death of the duke on 21 November 1675. The cause of his death was an intense fever, developed shortly after his return from a hunt, the first sign of
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without surviving issue left him as the only heir of his father in the still vast Duchy of Legnica-Brzeg. As a result, since his early years, George William received a careful education. During his upbringing, he was put in the hands of the
507:, making his solemn homage to Emperor Leopold I, who confirmed his coming of age and the succession to his father's lands. Immediately after the beginning of George William's rule, Duchess Louise was forced to give up her area of Wołów. 495:, considered as an act of mistrust by the Imperial court. On the other hand, the regency of the dowager duchess faced the opposition of the Protestant estates of Legnica-Brzeg, thanks to her increasingly open support for the 444:
After his father's death in 1672, the then twelve-year-old George William succeeded him as Duke of Legnica and Brzeg; during his minority, the regency was exercised by his mother, Dowager Duchess Louise who held the towns of
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of Poland in 1668, he even put forward his candidacy for the Polish throne; to win the affection and support of the old nobility, he initially wanted to give his newborn son an old Piast name (like
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faith; a major scandal occurred when the young duke's sister Karolina secretly married Frederick, a member of the aristocrat Catholic family of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg.
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Upon his death, the Duchy of Legnica-Brzeg reverted to Emperor Leopold as ruler over the Bohemian crown lands, which since 1526 were integral part of the Austrian
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count-marshal August Friedrich Bohne, and the personal doctor Henry Martini. During this first period of his education, he acquired an excellent knowledge of
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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
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As the only surviving son, George William was the sole heir to his father's possessions. Duke Christian of Legnica-Brzeg had spent many years in exile in
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measures implemented. Duchess Louise retained her lands of Oława until her death in 1680, when they were also incorporated into the Bohemian lands.
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Duke Christian became sole ruler over the Silesian duchies of Legnica and Brzeg in 1664. After the abdication of King
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and Polish; he was also educated in theology, philosophy, and rhetoric.
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deputy, despite the claims of George William's morganatic uncle Count
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George William, Duke of Liegnitz was the last legitimate male of the
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George William was the eldest but only surviving son of Duke
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Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg
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Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN Warsaw 1975 vol. III page 505
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The deaths in 1663 and 1664 of his paternal uncles Duke
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Duke of Legnica

Oława
Duchy of Legnica
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Brzeg
Duchy of Brzeg
Crown of Bohemia
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Noble family
Silesian Piasts
Christian, Duke of Brieg
Louise of Anhalt-Dessau
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Silesian duke
Legnica
Brzeg

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