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Casimir III the Great Piast of Poland, King of Poland, was born 30 April 1310 in Kowal, Poland to Władysław I the Elbow-high of Poland (1261-1333) and Hedwig of Poznań (1266-1339) and died 5 November 1370 Kraków, Poland of unspecified causes. He married Aldona of Lithuania (c1309-1339) 1325 JL . He married Adelheid von Hessen (c1323-aft1371) 29 September 1341 JL . He married Christina ...
Feb 18, 2024 · Casimir III the Great and his father were the last two rulers of the Piast Dynasty, who ruled over a reunified kingdom of Poland in the 14th century. Casimir ascended to the throne of Poland in 1333. His reign is often regarded as a pivotal period in Polish history, marked by economic prosperity, diplomatic achievements, legal reforms and ...
Apr 6, 2024 · Casimir III the Great ( Polish: Kazimierz III Wielki) ( April 30, 1310 – November 5, 1370) was the King of Poland from 1333 until 1370. He was the son of Wladyslaw I the Short. He was the last king of the Piast dynasty, his daughter Jadwiga having married the Lithuanian duke Wladyslaw Jagiello. Casimir III is the only Polish king to ever ...
Mother. Hedwig of Kalisz. Religion. Christianity. Signature. 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 was the son of King Władysław I ("the Elbow-high") and Duchess Hedwig of Kalisz, and the last Polish king from the Piast dynasty.
Jul 10, 2011 · Casimir the Great: 1310-70. By A. Bruce Boswell. Great Men and Women of Poland, ed. by S. Mizwa (New York, 1942) Introduction: Casimir, “the only king the Poles call Great,” was born in 1310 in Krakow, the chief city of Lesser Poland, and was crowned king at Krakow in 1333. We know very little about his early life.
Casimir III, 1310–70, king of Poland (1333–70), son of Ladislaus I and last of the Piast dynasty. Called Casimir the Great, he brought comparative peace to Poland. By the Congress of Visegrad (1335) he promised to recognize the suzerainty over Silesia of John of Luxemburg, king of Bohemia; in return John renounced all claim to the Polish ...
