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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 ...
Sophia of Halshany. 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 ...
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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.
Duke Casimir V of Pomerania (or, counting differently, Casimir VI; after 1380 – 13 April 1435) was a member of the House of Griffins and a Duke of Pomerania. He ruled in Pomerania-Stettin together with his brother Otto II from 1413 to 1428. After 1428, he ruled Pomerania-Stettin alone.
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.
Casimir IV (Polish: Kazimierz IV or Kaźko Słupski, German: Kasimir IV or Kasimir V; 1351 – 2 January 1377) was a duke of Pomerania in Pomerania-Stolp since 1374.
Casimir III had willed his patrimony – including the duchies of Sieradz, Łęczyca and Dobrzyń – to his grandson, Casimir IV, Duke of Pomerania. However, the Polish prelates and lords were opposed to the disintegration of Poland and Casimir III's testament was declared void.
