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- Casimir III (born April 30, 1310, Kujawy, Poland—died November 5, 1370) was the king of Poland from 1333 to 1370, called “the Great” because he was deemed a peaceful ruler, a “peasant king,” and a skillful diplomat.
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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 also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, and fought to retain the title in the Galicia-Volhynia Wars. He was the last Polish king from the Piast dynasty.
Apr 30, 2024 · Casimir III (born April 30, 1310, Kujawy, Poland—died November 5, 1370) was the king of Poland from 1333 to 1370, called “the Great” because he was deemed a peaceful ruler, a “peasant king,” and a skillful diplomat. Through astute diplomacy he annexed lands from western Russia and eastern Germany.
Casimir III is the only Polish King who has been honored with the title 'Great', awarded less for military exploits than for his legal and administrative reforms (Lukowski and Zawadzki, 29). His rule was marked by a period of peace and prosperity which has been described as 'just and benign by the standards of the age' (Nolan, 309).
King Casimir III of Poland (1310-1370) made major contributions to the growth of the Polish state as it is known today. Poland's growth under his peaceful reign was memorialized in a popular saying to the effect that he inherited a Poland built of wood, but left the world a Poland built of stone.
Casimir III, known as Casimir the Great Polish Kazimierz Weilki, (born April 30, 1310, Kujavia, Pol.—died Nov. 5, 1370), King of Poland (1333–70). He was the son of Władysław I, who revived the Polish kingship, and he continued his father’s quest to make Poland a power in central Europe.
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 ...
Casimir III the Great, b 30 April 1310, d 5 November 1370. Polish king from 1333, last of the Piast dynasty. Casimir began the expansion of Poland into Ukrainian territory (Chervona Rus’). Having made peace on his western border with Bohemia and the Teutonic Knights, Casimir obtained the support of Hungary and the neutrality of the Tatars.
