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Casimir II the Just (Polish: Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy; 28 October 1138 – 5 May 1194) was a Lesser Polish Duke of Wiślica from 1166 to 1173, and of Sandomierz after 1173. He became ruler over the Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków and thereby High Duke of Poland in 1177; a position he held until his death, though interrupted once by his ...
May 1, 2024 · Casimir II was the duke of Kraków and of Sandomierz from 1177 to 1194. A member of the Piast dynasty, he drove his brother Mieszko III from the throne and spent much of his reign fighting him. Mieszko actually regained power briefly in 1190–91, retaking Kraków. Casimir became Poland’s most powerful.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Casimir II the Just was a Lesser Polish Duke at Wislica during 1166–1173, and at Sandomierz after 1173. He became ruler over the Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków and thereby High Duke of Poland in 1177; a position he held until his death, interrupted once by his elder brother and predecessor Mieszko III the Old. In...
Mar 24, 2023 · Casimir II, called the Just (Polish: Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy; 1138 – 5 May 1194), of the Piast Dynasty, was the youngest son of Boleslaus III by Salome von Berg-Schelklingen, daughter of Henry, Duke of Berg (of Wuerttemberg). He reigned as Duke of Kraków and senior prince of Poland (see Seniorate) from 1177 until his death.
- "Kazimierz II. Starszy"
- May 05, 1194Cracow, Poland
- before October 28, 1138
May 2, 2021 · It was thanks to the efforts of the ‘familia’, as the Czartoryskis and their supporters were known, that the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski, a Czartoryski nephew and former lover of Empress Catherine II of Russia, was elected.
- André Liebich
- 2021
Casimir IV, known as Casimir Jagiellonian Polish Kazimierz Jagiellończyk, (born Nov. 30, 1427—died June 7, 1492), Grand duke of Lithuania (1440–92) and king of Poland (1447–92). He became ruler of Lithuania by will of the boyars and king of Poland on his brother’s death.
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His second daughter, Elisabeth, Duchess of Pomerania, bore a son in 1351, named Kazimierz of Pomerania after his maternal grandfather. He was heir-presumptive but did not succeed to the throne, dying childless in 1377, seven years after King Kazimierz.
