August of Legnica

August
Count of Legnica
Coat of arms of the Barons and later Counts of Legnica.
Born(1627-08-21)21 August 1627
Brzeg
Died14 May 1679(1679-05-14) (aged 51)
Siebenhufen near Przeworno
Noble familySilesian Piasts
SpousesElisabeth Raupowsky von Raupow
Elisabeth Charlotte of Nassau-Dillenburg
IssueChristian August
Anna Louise Elisabeth
Johanna Elisabeth
FatherJohn Christian of Brieg
MotherAnna Hedwig of Sitzsch

Count August of Legnica (Polish: August hrabia legnicki; German: Graf August von Liegnitz; Brzeg, 21 August 1627 – Siebenhufen near Przeworno, 14 May 1679), was the last male-line member of the House of Piast.

He was the ninth (fourth surviving) son of John Christian, Duke of Brzeg-Legnica-Wołów-Oława, but the first-born by his second wife Anna Hedwig of Sitzsch.

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