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Esterka (undated, pre-1839) Esterka (Estera) refers to a mythical Jewish mistress of Casimir the Great, the historical King of Poland who reigned between 1333 and 1370. Medieval Polish and Jewish chroniclers considered the legend as historical fact and report a wonderful love story between the beautiful Jewess and the great monarch. [1]
Jul 22, 2007 · Another slice of the Esterka legend is that the king built castles in Kazimierz Dolny and Lobzow for his lover. Lobzow was a village at the time but is now part of Krakow. Both of the castles were built in the mid-14th Century and are open to the tourists. The legend of Kazimierz and Esterka has a dark side, however.
Feb 16, 2018 · Remembering Esterka. By. Prof. Livia Bitton-Jackson - 2 Adar 5778 – February 16, 2018. 0. Share on Facebook. Tweet on Twitter ...
ESTERKE , Jewish woman from the village of Opoczno, Poland, said to have been a mistress of the Polish King *Casimir the Great (1310–1370). Reports claim that her outstanding beauty caught the king's eye while he was passing through her town. Her two sons, Pelka and Niemera, were given grants of land from their father and were raised as ...
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Heroine of a Polish and Jewish folk legend about a Jewish woman’s relationship with Casimir the Great, King of Poland (r. 1310–1370). According to the chronicle of Jan Długosz (1415–1480), Esterke was Casimir’s mistress who persuaded him to invite Jews to Poland; he also granted them extensive privileges. The story claims that the ...
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 .
1 The Love Story of Esterka and Kazimierz King of Poland – New Perspectives Nathan Cohen1 The love story of the Polish King Kazimierz Wielki [Kazimierz the Great] (1310– 1370) and Esterka,2 the young Jewish maiden from Opoczno has merited many different versions and interpretations in the Polish folk tradition over the course of centuries.
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