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Casimir was the son of Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania and Elizabeth of Poland. [1] His maternal grandfather Casimir III the Great, the last king of Poland from the Piast dynasty, had no sons and brought him up at his court. After his grandfather's death in 1370, young Casimir initially became his partial successor, as the last will gave him ...
Casimir IV (Casimir Andrew Jagiellon; Polish: Kazimierz Andrzej Jagiellończyk [kaˈʑimjɛʂ jaɡʲɛ (l)ˈlɔj̃t͡ʂɨk] ⓘ; Lithuanian: Kazimieras Jogailaitis ⓘ; 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492) [1] was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 until his death in 1492. He was one of the most active Polish-Lithuanian ...
Casimir IV was Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440 and King of Poland from 1447 until his death in 1492. He was one of the most active Polish-Lithuanian rulers; under him, Poland defeated the Teutonic Knights in the Thirteen Years' War and recovered Pomerania.
Casimir IV, grand duke of Lithuania (1440–92) and king of Poland (1447–92), who, by patient but tenacious policy, sought to preserve the political union between Poland and Lithuania and to recover the lost lands of old Poland. The great triumph of his reign was the final subjugation of the Teutonic Knights (1466).
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Casimir V was the youngest son of Duke Swantibor III of (1351–1413), who ruled Pomerania-Stettin alone. His older brothers were Otto II (born: c. 1380 – died 1428) and Albert (died before 1412). His father made him leader of the Pomeranian contingent who took part in the Battle of Tannenberg (1410) on the side of the Teutonic Order.
When Casimir IV King of Poland was born on 30 November 1427, in Krakow, Kraków, Poland, his father, Wladyslaw II Jagiello, was 75 and his mother, Sophia of Halshany, was 22. He married Elizabeth von Habsburg Österreich on 10 February 1454, in Kraków, Poland. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters.
Mar 29, 2024 · Casimir IV Andrew Jagiellon (born November 30, 1427 in Cracow, died June 7, 1492 in Grodno) - Grand Duke of Lithuania in 1440-1492, King of Poland in 1447-1492. One of the most active Polish rulers, during whose reign the Crown, defeating the Teutonic Order in the Thirteen Years' War, regained - after 158 years - Gdansk Pomerania, and the ...
