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Sophie of Brandenburg-Ansbach. George II of Brieg (18 July 1523, in Legnica – 7 May 1586, in Brzeg ), was a Duke of Brzeg from 1547 until his death. He was the second son of Frederick II, Duke of Legnica -Brzeg, by his second wife Sophie, daughter of Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach .
Father. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor. Mother. Margaret II, Countess of Holland. Albert I, Duke of Lower Bavaria ( German: Albrecht; 25 July 1336 – 13 December 1404), was a feudal ruler of the counties of Holland, Hainaut, and Zeeland in the Low Countries. Additionally, he held a portion of the Bavarian province of Straubing, his Bavarian ...
Louis II (5 October 1377 – 29 April 1417) [1] was Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence from 1384 to 1417; he claimed the Kingdom of Naples, but only ruled parts of the kingdom from 1390 to 1399. His father, Louis I of Anjou —the founder of the House of Valois-Anjou —was a younger son of King John II of France and the adopted son of Queen ...
Louis Piast of Brzeg, Duke of Brzeg, was born circa 1383 to Henry VII of Brzeg (c1344-1399) and Margaret of Masovia (c1357-1392) and died 30 May 1436 of unspecified causes. He married Hedwig Zápolya (?-1414) 14 August 1409 JL . He married Elisabeth von Brandenburg (1403-1449) 9 April 1418 JL in Konstanz.
Albert II of Germany. Albert the Magnanimous KG, elected King of the Romans as Albert II (10 August 1397 – 27 October 1439) was king of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the House of Habsburg. By inheritance he became Albert V, Duke of Austria. Through his wife ( jure uxoris) he also became King of Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, and inherited ...
Louis II of Brieg; (1380/85 – 30 May 1436), was a Duke of Brzeg (Brieg) from 1399 (until 1400 with his older brother as a co-ruler) and Duke of Legnica from 1413. He was the second son of Henry VIII with a Scar, Duke of Brzeg, but the eldest born by his second wife Margareta, daughter of Siemowit III, Duke of Masovia.
LOUIS II (in German, Ludwig II, 1845–1886; ruled 1864–1886), king of Bavaria. Louis II, popularly known as "Mad King Ludwig," came to the throne of Bavaria upon the death of his father, Maximilian II, on 10 March 1864. Louis's ill-starred rule ended with his own controversial death on 13 June 1886. "Max died too soon," wrote Louis's mother ...
