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August
Count of Legnica
Coat of arms of the Barons and later Counts of Legnica.
Born21 August 1627
Brzeg
Died14 May 1679
Siebenhufen near Przeworno
Noble familySilesian Piasts
Spouse(s)Elisabeth Raupowsky
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 a 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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