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Casimir III …, 1310–1370 (aged 60 years)

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Casimir III …

Name: Casimir III //
Given names: Casimir III
Nickname: The Great
Name prefix: King of Poland (1333-1370)

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father	Links Birth: 1261 Death: 2 March 1333 — Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland Unique identifier: 8D9B699887FA224D9D4D7578298F1EAD73C9 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Hedwig … Casimir III … Elisabeth Piast Wladyslaw I … 1261–1333 Birth: 1261 Death: 2 March 1333 — Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
mother	Links Birth: 1266 Death: 10 December 1339 Unique identifier: 8D9B699887FA224D9D4D7578298F1EAD73C9 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Wladyslaw I … Casimir III … Elisabeth Piast Hedwig … 1266–1339 Birth: 1266 Death: 10 December 1339
himself	Links Birth: 30 April 1310 49 44 — Kowal, Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Death: 5 November 1370 — Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Casimir III … 1310–1370 Birth: 30 April 1310 49 44 — Kowal, Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland Death: 5 November 1370 — Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
-4 years elder sister	Links Birth: 1305 44 39 Death: 29 December 1380 Unique identifier: E0A99FA31953724DA6ED344F55E21578D0D0 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charles I … King of Hungary Clemence … of Hungary Louis I … King of Hungary & Poland Elisabeth Piast 1305–1380 Birth: 1305 44 39 Death: 29 December 1380

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Birth	30 April 1310 49 44 Kowal, Włocławek County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Death of a father	Wladyslaw I … 2 March 1333 Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Death of a mother	Hedwig … 10 December 1339
Death	5 November 1370 (aged 60 years) Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Last change	26 October 2022 – 19:42:17 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	He was called The Great. Casimir continued his father's work, making Poland a major power in eastern Europe. He began his reign by making peace with the Teutonic Knights and King John of Bohemia. To the knights he relinquished eastern Pomeraniaand Chelmno in exchange for the territories of Kujavia and Dobryzn; in 1343 they agreed to pay him tribute. To John of Bohemia he ceded Silesia and Mazovia, and in return John renounced his claim to the Polish throne. Allied with his nephew,King Louis of Hungary, Casimir later fought an indecisive war with Bohemia (1346); he regained control of Mazovia in 1350 and (again with the aid of Hungary) defeated the Lithuanians in 1353. At home he developed commerce, encouraged Jewishimmigration to Poland, and so improved the condition of the peasants that he became known as the Peasants' King. He codified the laws of the kingdom in 1347, and in 1364, founded the University of Krakow. Casimir was the last king of the Piastdynasty; having no sons, he was succeeded by Louis of Hungary.

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He was called The Great. Casimir continued his father's work, making Poland a major power in eastern Europe. He began his reign by making peace with the Teutonic Knights and King John of Bohemia. To the knights he relinquished eastern Pomeraniaand Chelmno in exchange for the territories of Kujavia and Dobryzn; in 1343 they agreed to pay him tribute. To John of Bohemia he ceded Silesia and Mazovia, and in return John renounced his claim to the Polish throne. Allied with his nephew,King Louis of Hungary, Casimir later fought an indecisive war with Bohemia (1346); he regained control of Mazovia in 1350 and (again with the aid of Hungary) defeated the Lithuanians in 1353. At home he developed commerce, encouraged Jewishimmigration to Poland, and so improved the condition of the peasants that he became known as the Peasants' King. He codified the laws of the kingdom in 1347, and in 1364, founded the University of Krakow. Casimir was the last king of the Piastdynasty; having no sons, he was succeeded by Louis of Hungary.

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Media object	Casimir III the Great. Drawing by Jan Matejko Note: Born in Kowal, Casimir the Great first married Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the Prince of Lithuania, Gediminas. The daughters from this marriage were Cunigunde (d.1357), who was married to Louis VI the Roman, the son of Louis IV, HolyRoman Emperor, and Elisabeth, who was married to Duke Bogislaus V of Pomerania. Aldona died in 1339 and Kazimierz then married Adelaide of Hesse. He divorced Adelheid in 1356, married Christina, divorced her, and while Adelaide and possibly alsoChristina were still alive (c.1365) married Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Głogów and Sagan. Born in Kowal, Casimir the Great first married Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the Prince of Lithuania, Gediminas. The daughters from this marriage were Cunigunde (d.1357), who was married to Louis VI the Roman, the son of Louis IV, HolyRoman Emperor, and Elisabeth, who was married to Duke Bogislaus V of Pomerania. Aldona died in 1339 and Kazimierz then married Adelaide of Hesse. He divorced Adelheid in 1356, married Christina, divorced her, and while Adelaide and possibly alsoChristina were still alive (c.1365) married Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Głogów and Sagan. His three daughters by his fourth wife were very young and regarded as of dubious legitimacy because of their father's bigamy. Because all of the five children he fathered with his first and fourth wife were daughters, he would have no lawfulmale heir to his throne. When Casimir, the last Piast king of Poland, died in 1370, his nephew King Louis I of Hungary succeeded him to become king of Poland in personal union with Hungary.

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Casimir III the Great. Drawing by Jan Matejko

Note: Born in Kowal, Casimir the Great first married Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the Prince of Lithuania, Gediminas. The daughters from this marriage were Cunigunde (d.1357), who was married to Louis VI the Roman, the son of Louis IV, HolyRoman Emperor, and Elisabeth, who was married to Duke Bogislaus V of Pomerania. Aldona died in 1339 and Kazimierz then married Adelaide of Hesse. He divorced Adelheid in 1356, married Christina, divorced her, and while Adelaide and possibly alsoChristina were still alive (c.1365) married Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Głogów and Sagan.

Born in Kowal, Casimir the Great first married Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the Prince of Lithuania, Gediminas. The daughters from this marriage were Cunigunde (d.1357), who was married to Louis VI the Roman, the son of Louis IV, HolyRoman Emperor, and Elisabeth, who was married to Duke Bogislaus V of Pomerania. Aldona died in 1339 and Kazimierz then married Adelaide of Hesse. He divorced Adelheid in 1356, married Christina, divorced her, and while Adelaide and possibly alsoChristina were still alive (c.1365) married Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Głogów and Sagan.

His three daughters by his fourth wife were very young and regarded as of dubious legitimacy because of their father's bigamy. Because all of the five children he fathered with his first and fourth wife were daughters, he would have no lawfulmale heir to his throne.

When Casimir, the last Piast king of Poland, died in 1370, his nephew King Louis I of Hungary succeeded him to become king of Poland in personal union with Hungary.