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Casimir II of Belz. Casimir II of Belz (pl: Kazimierz II bełski; 1401/03 – 15 September 1442), was a Polish prince member of the House of Piast from the Masovian branch. He was a Duke of Płock, Rawa Mazowiecka, Gostynin, Sochaczew, Belz, Płońsk, Zawkrze and Wizna during 1426–1434 jointly with his brothers, and after the division of the ...
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Jakob von Sandrart (German, 1630–1708) Copy in reverse after an engraving of 1650 by Willem Hondius (Dutch, c. 1597–c. 1660) After a painting nby Georg Strauch (German, 1613–1675)
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May 1, 2024 · brother Casimir II. Mieszko III (born 1126/27—died March 13, 1202) was the prince of Great Poland from 1173 to 1177 and, during a period of civil war, in 1190/91 and 1194. The brother and successor of Bolesław IV, he was so brutal and despotic that he provoked a revolt of the magnates, who drove him out and tried, with mixed success, to ...
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The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Casimir II, 1138–94, duke of Poland (1177–94), youngest son of Boleslaus III. A member of the Piast dynasty, he drove his brother Mieszko III from power at Kraków in 1177 and became the principal duke of Poland. At the Congress of Leczyca (1180) the nobility and clergy, in return for privileges he had ...
