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Kazimierz III of Gniewkowo (ca. 1280/84 – 22 August 1345/13 May 1350), was a Polish prince member of the House of Piast, Duke of Inowrocław during 1287-1314 (under the regency of his mother until 1294 and his brother during 1294–1296), since 1306 vassal of the Kingdom of Poland, Governor of the Duchy of Pomerelia (Gdańsk Pomerania) during ...
Its capital was Gniewkowo and other important settlements were Szarlej, Złotoria and Słońsk. [1] It was ruled by Kazimierz III of Gniewkowo and later his son, Władysław the White, from the Piast dynasty. [2] [3] In 1332 the duchy was conquered by the State of the Teutonic Order and was reestablished in 1343.
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Kazimierz III the Great by Jan Matejko. Casimir III , called the Great (Polish: Kazimierz Wielki ; 1310 – 1370), King of Poland (1333-70), was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Jadwiga of Gniezno and Greater Poland.
He was the only surviving son of Kazimierz III of Gniewkowo by his unknown wife. Life [ edit] Government of the Duchy of Gniewkowo [ edit] After his father's death, which occurred between 1347 and 1350, Władysław succeeded him as the last independent ruler of Gniewkowo, having recognized the overlordship of King Casimir III of Poland.
Casimir III the Great (Polish: Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, and fought to retain the title in the Galicia-Volhynia Wars. He was the last Polish king from the Piast dynasty.
Casimir (or Kazimierz) was born on April 30, 1310, in the town of Kowal, in Kujawy-Pomerania province in the central part of present-day Poland. He was the son of King Wladyslav I Lokietek, or Wladyslaw the Elbow-High. Despite his diminutive stature, Wladyslaw (or Ladislaus) had involved the Polish kingdom in a host of military adventures.
Kazimierz III of Gniewkowo (1280/84 – 22 August 1345/13 May 1350). Because his sons are minors at the time of his death, his widow and half-brother Władysław I the Elbow-high took the regency on their behalf.
