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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.
Feb 27, 2014 · Hedwig was the youngest daughter of King Louis I of Hungary. Because she was great-niece to King Casimir III of Poland, she became Queen of Poland in 1382 upon her father‘s death. She was engaged to William, Duke of Austria, whom she loved, but broke off the relationship in order to marry Jagiello, non-Christian Prince of Lithuania, for ...
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Nov 5, 2017 · 1. The relations with Lithuania. Poland fought with Lithuanians over Ruthenia and Lithuanians raided a few times Poland, Ruthenia and Masovia, but around 1358 the Polish-Lithuanians relations were improving - IOTL there was even a marriage between Casimir IV of Pomerania (Casimir III's chosen successor) and grand duke Algirdas' daughter Kenna.
Descent and early years Born about 1339, Elizabeth was the daughter of Ban Stephen II of Bosnia, the head of the House of Kotromanić. Her mother, Elizabeth of Kuyavia, was a member of the House of Piast and grandniece of King Władysław I of Poland. The Hungarian queen dowager Elizabeth was a first cousin once removed of Elizabeth's mother. After her daughter-in-law Margaret succumbed to the ...
Dec 12, 2019 · A few years later, Casimir went to war against John and Charles. Casimir later reconciled with Charles, who became the King of Bohemia in 1346. For the rest of his life, alliances would often be made and broken between Casimir and Charles. If Margaret had survived to marry Casimir, Polish-Czech relations could have been very different indeed.
Elisabeth of Bohemia went on to marry John of Luxembourg and became Queen of Bohemia. Kunigunde died on 27 November 1321 at the age of fifty-six, she was outlived by her two children. Despite her complications with Poland during her lifetime, Kunigunde's great-granddaughter Jadwiga went onto marry Casimir III of Poland. Ancestry
Jun 5, 2021 · It did not break out, however, perhaps due to Anne of Schweidnitz’s untimely death. The rulers came to terms and a marriage was forged to consolidate their agreement. Charles was to marry Casimir’s granddaughter, Elizabeth. He was thrice Elizabeth’s age, her being fourteen, he, forty-seven.
