Christian of Brieg

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Christian of Brieg (April 19, 1618 - Feb 28, 1672) was a ruler in Silesia.

He was the fourth surviving son of Johann Christian, Duke of Silesia-Brieg (1602 - 1639) and his first wife Sibylla, the daughter of Johann George, Elector of Brandenburg. With the death of his brother Ludwig (1663) he was invested with the dukedoms of Wohlau and Ohlau, but with the death of his eldest brother, Duke George III of Silesia-Brieg (1664), Christian received those territories as well. He died aged fifty-three.

Christian was married (1648) to Louise (1631 - 1680), the daughter of Prince Johann Kasimir of Anhalt-Dessau, by whom he left two surviving children, Duke George Wilhelm of Leignitz, Brieg and Wohlau (1660 - 1675) who died childless aged fifteen, the last male of his line, and a daughter Caroline (1652 - 1707) the wife of Duke Friedrich of Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg.