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Frederick II, Duke of Legnica ( Polish: Fryderyk II Legnicki) (12 February 1480 – 17 September 1547), also known as the Great of Legnica ( Polish: Legnicki Wielki ), was a Duke of Legnica from 1488 (until 1495 and 1505 with his brothers), of Brzeg from 1521. The most notorious of all Legnica Piast rulers, thanks to his excellent financial ...
- 12 February 1480, Legnica
- Frederick I of Legnica
- 17 September 1547 (aged 67), Legnica
- Ludmila of Poděbrady
Frederick II, Duke of Legnica, also known as the Great of Legnica, was a Duke of Legnica from 1488, of Brzeg from 1521. The most notorious of all Legnica Piast rulers, thanks to his excellent financial politics his Duchy was expanded to the Oder River, and he became the founder of the Duchy of Legnica-Wołów-Brzeg.
It was considered a bad omen. Battle of Legnica by Matthäus Merian (1630) Six fingers of a dead man. The decisive clash took place on 9 April 1241 on the plain southeast of the city. Henry divided his small army into four troops, which, according to the custom of the time, joined the battle one by one.
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In 1505, Duke Frederick II of Legnica met in Legnica with the duke of nearby Głogów, Sigismund I the Old, the future king of Poland. Mausoleum of the last Piast dukes in the Saint John the Baptist church One of the preserved streets in Legnica's Old Town with the Castle in the background
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The Battle of Legnica (Polish: bitwa pod Legnicą), also known as the Battle of Liegnitz (German: Schlacht von Liegnitz) or Battle of Wahlstatt (German: Schlacht bei Wahlstatt), was fought between the Mongol Empire and combined European forces that took place at the village of Legnickie Pole (Wahlstatt), approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) southeast of the city of Legnica in the Duchy of ...
- 9 April 1241
- Mongol victory
Apr 2, 2024 · Battle of Legnica, (9 April 1241). Mongol raiders in Poland defeated a European army containing much-feted Christian knights from the military orders of the Teutonic Knights, the Hospitallers, and the Templars. The raiders had been sent to Poland as a diversion from the Mongolian invasion of Europe through Hungary and afterward rejoined the ...
The Legnica was one of the oldest and most important settlement centers of early medieval Silesia. The first wooden – earth fortifications were erected around the 8th century by the Slav tribe Trzebowianie. Then, around 985, during the reign of Mieszko I, a new hillfort was built to protect Silesia after its annexation to the Piasts monarchy.
