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Elizabeth of Kuyavia (Polish: Elżbieta, Serbo-Croatian: Elizabeta/ Елизабета; 1315/1320 – after 22 August 1345) was a Polish noblewoman of the House of Piast. She was the only daughter of Duke Kazimierz III of Gniewkowo and his wife, whose name and origins are unknown; her brother, Władysław the White , was later a candidate for ...
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Elizabeth was a member of the House of Piast. Her only known surviving sibling was her brother, Władysław the White. Her paternal grandparents were Ziemomysl of Kuyaviaand his wife Salome of Pomerania. Elisabeth's mother is unknown and because of this, none of Elisabeth's maternal family are known.
By 1323, King Charles I of Hungary wanted to increase influence over Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia. He offered Stephan the hand of Elizabeth, his wife's distant relative and namesake. By marrying Elizabeth, Stephen received (as a gift from the King of Hungary) the lands to the west formerly held by Mladen I Šubić Bribirski and Usora and Soli in the nor...
After Elizabeth of Kuyavia's death, her daughter Elizabeth was fostered by Elisabeth of Polandand this soon led to Elizabeth's marriage to Louis I. Elizabeth's known family lineage died out in 1399, with the death of her granddaughter, Jadwiga of Poland and great-granddaughter Elizabeth Bonifacia. If Elizabeth was mother of Catherine, her descendan...
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Brief Life History of Marija. When Princess Marija Kotromanić of Bosnia was born in 1333, in Vrh, Sokolac, Republika Srpska, Bosnia-Herzegovina, her father, Ban Stefan II Kotromanić of Bosnia, was 41 and her mother, Jelisaveta Pjast Elizabeth Kuyavia, was 19. She married Graf Ulrich V von Helfenstein before 26 April 1352, in Germany.
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Elizabeth of Kuyavia was a Polish noblewoman of the House of Piast. She was the only daughter of Duke Kazimierz III of Gniewkowo and his wife, whose name and origins are unknown; her brother, Władysław the White, was later a candidate for the Polish throne.
May 5, 2024 · Born around 1339, Elizabeth was the daughter of Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, the head of the House of Kotromanić.[3] Her mother was Elizabeth of Kuyavia, a member of the House of Piast[4] and grandniece of Władysław I the Elbow-high.[5] Her only sibling was Catherine, Countess of Cilli.[6]
Others [citation needed] believe she was the second daughter of Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, and his third wife Elizabeth of Kuyavia. If Catherine was a daughter of Stephen, she was the sister of Queen Elizabeth of Hungary; if she was a daughter of Vladislav, she was sister of King Tvrtko I of Bosnia.
The Duchy of Kuyavia ( Polish: Księstwo kujawskie; Latin: Ducatus Cuiaviensis) was a district principality in Central Europe, created in the course of the 13th century in the region of modern-day Kuyavia after the inheritance of the Kingdom of Poland in 1138 into partial duchies through the will and testament of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth .
