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3 days ago · The family on both the maternal and paternal sides was closely related to the ruling house of Poland, the Piasts. The Polish crown passed to Jadwiga through her father who became the heir of his maternal uncle, the last Piast king, Kazimierz Wielki [Casimir the Great].
Aug 18, 2024 · Trojden I of Masovia (1284 or 86 -13 March 1341) was a member of the House of Piast. He was Duke of Czersk from 1310. From 1336 to 1340 he was Regent the Duchy of Płock. He eventually became Duke of Masovia. Trojden was the second son of Boleslaus II of Masovia and his first wife, Sophie, the daughter of Grand Duke Treniota of Lithuania. [edit ...
- "Traidenis"
- Warka, Grójec, Mazowieckie, Poland
- circa 1284
Aug 19, 2024 · Ferdinand II, Duke ... Duchy of Cieszyn ... John Casimir, co-Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach (1572–1596), Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1596–1633)
Aug 26, 2024 · Territorial evolution of Poland. Poland is a country in Central Europe [ 1][ 2] bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus, and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north. The total area of Poland is 312,679 square kilometres (120,726 sq ...
2 days ago · Royal administration was quite effective, and Casimir’s youngest son, Sigismund the Old (reigned 1506–48), tried to improve the nation’s finances and taxation. An inadequate financial base and an undersized standing army limited the actual power of the king.
Aug 23, 2024 · One of their sons, Władysław III Warneńczyk, ruled Poland (1434–44) under the regency of the powerful Zbigniew Cardinal Oleśnicki; the other son, Casimir, was the grand duke of Lithuania. Largely because of Oleśnicki, Władysław III was elected king of Hungary , became active in crusades against the Turks , and, after initial victories ...
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2 days ago · Casimir’s simultaneous renunciation of Silesia was somewhat equivocal, and he sought later to regain the Silesian duchies by diplomacy and force. In 1343 Poland signed a peace treaty with the Teutonic Knights through which it recovered some land but retained only formal suzerainty over Pomerania.
