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Casimir III the Great () ( 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370 ) who reigned in 1333 – 1370, was the last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty, the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Duchess Hedwig of Kalisz.
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Casimir and III
However, Casimir III the Great submitted to the Golden Horde and undertook to pay tribute in order to avoid more conflicts.
File: Kazimierz III sarcophagus figure. jpg | Effigy of Casimir from his own tomb erected by his nephew around 1371
The Kingdom was restored under Władysław I the Elbow-high, strengthened and expanded by his son Casimir III the Great.
* Hedwig of Kalisz ( 1266 – 1339 ), wife of the King Władysław I the Elbow-high and mother of Casimir III of Poland and Elisabeth of Poland.
According to the Annales Cracovienses Compilati, this event took place in 1136 ; since it can be assumed that the Polish princess was younger than her betrothed, and also are known the birth dates of the youngest children of Bolesław III ( Agnes in 1137 and Casimir in 1138 ), Judith in consequence could have been born between 1130 and 1135.
Its last king, Casimir III, had left no legitimate son and considered his male grandchildren either unsuited or too young to reign.
There were descendants of superseded daughters of Casimir III of Poland ( d. 1370 ), such as his youngest daughter Anna, Countess of Celje ( d. 1425 without surviving Issue ), and her daughter Anna of Celje ( 1380 – 1416 ) whom Władysław II Jagiełło married next.
Emperor Sigismund himself was an heir of Casimir III, as eldest son of his mother Elisabeth of Pomerania, who was since 1377 the only surviving child of Elisabeth of Poland, herself daughter of Casimir III from his first marriage with Aldona Gediminaite of Lithuania.
Among them were Boleslaw IV the Curly, Mieszko III the Old, Casimir II the Just, Leszek I the White, Boleslaw V the Chaste, Leszek II the Black, Wladyslaw I the Elbow-high, and King of Bohemia, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, who united Lesser Poland in 1290 / 1291.
It became visible during the reign of Casimir III the Great, who favored less known Lesser Poland's noble families, at the expense of Greater Poland's nobility.
A wiec ( King's Council ) in the time of King Casimir III of Poland | Kazimierz the Great, 14th century
Casimir and Great
Born in Kowal, Casimir the Great first married Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the Prince Gediminas of Lithuania.
Casimir is the only Polish king who both received and kept the title of the Great in Polish history ( Bolesław I Chrobry is also called the Great, but his title Chrobry ( Valiant ) is now more common ).
Casimir the Great built many new castles ( including Wawel Castle ), reformed the Polish army and Polish civil and criminal law.
( This division of Crown Poland into two entities called Greater and Lesser Poland had its roots in the Statutes of Casimir the Great of 1346 – 1362, where the laws of " Greater Poland " – the northern part of the country – were codified in the Piotrków statute, with those of " Lesser Poland " in the separate Wiślica statute.
Also, during his reign ( 1333 – 1370 ), Casimir the Great founded on Magdeburg rights several cities, urbanizing hitherto rural province.
This arrangement fell apart and, during the re-establishment of Poland under Casimir the Great, all of Silesia was specifically excluded as non-Polish land.
The Jagiellonian University (, often shortened to UJ ; historical names:, University of Kraków, Kraków Academy, The Main Crown School, Main School of Kraków ) was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz ( district of Kraków ).
In 1335 in Congress of Visegrád, Władysław's successor King Casimir III the Great of Poland paid a significant amount of money in exchange for John's giving up his claim to the Polish throne.
( This division of Crown Poland into two entities called Greater and Lesser Poland had its roots in the Statutes of Casimir the Great of 1346 – 1362, where the laws of " Greater Poland " – the northern part of the country – were codified in the Piotrków statute, with those of " Lesser Poland " in the separate Wiślica statute.
Soon after Jagiello accession to the Polish throne, Jagiello granted Vilnius a city charter like that of Kraków, modeled on the Magdeburg Law ; and Vytautas issued a privilege to a Jewish commune of Trakai on almost the same terms as privileges issued to the Jews of Poland in the reigns of Boleslaus the Pious and Casimir the Great.
In 1349 Galicia and Lviv were incorporated into the Kingdom of Poland by King Casimir III the Great.
He was the second son of Casimir I the Restorer by his wife Maria Dobroniega, daughter of Vladimir the Great, Grand Duke of Kiev.
Casimir and ()
There is a 14th century gothic hunting castle in town built by Casimir III, as well as a conservation center for wisents () nearby.
From 1919 until September 1939, in the Polish Second Republic era, the university was known as John Casimir University () in honor of its founder.
Casimir and 30
On 28 – 30 July, a combined Brandenburgian-Swedish army was able to defeat the Polish-Lithuanian army in the Battle of Warsaw, forcing John II Casimir to retreat to Lublin.
* Elisabeth of Austria ( 1436 – 30 August 1505 ) married Casimir IV of Poland ( 30 November 1427 – 7 June 1492 ), had issue.
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