Marriages and Issue
In Bierutów on 23 February 1638, George III married firstly with Sophie Katharina (b. Oleśnica, 2 September 1601 - d. Brzeg, 21 March 1659), daughter of Charles II, Duke of Ziębice-Oleśnica by his wife Elisabeth Magdalena of Brieg, sister of George III's grandfather Joachim Frederick; thus, she was his first cousin once removed. They had one daughter:
- Dorothea Elisabeth (b. Wroclaw, 17 December 1646 - d. Dillenburg, 9 June 1691), married on 13 October 1663 to Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg.
In Brzeg on 19 October 1660, George III married secondly with Elisabeth Marie Charlotte (b. Sedan, 23 October 1638 - d. Brzeg, 22 May 1664), daughter of Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern and niece of Frederick V, Elector Palatine, who was briefly King of Bohemia. The marriage was childless.
George III survived his second wife by only two months. After his death without male issue, his lands were inherited by his only surviving brother, Christian, who then reunited all their lands under his rule.
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