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On 3 June, we celebrate the Day of the Patron. The Polish king in the years 1333-1370 year, the last ruler of the Piast dynasty on the Polish throne. Casimir III (born April 30, 1310 years in Kowal, 5 November 1370roku in Krakow).
youngest son of Wladyslaw I Bolesławówny Short and Hedwig, daughter of Boleslaw the Pious.
As ruler of normalized relations with the Czechs and the Teutonic Order. In 1335, he managed to get from the Czech king Jan of Luxembourg renunciation of claims to the Polish throne. At the same time renounced his rights to the duchies of Silesia, which in later years, tried unsuccessfully to recover. Finally, in 1348 in Namysłów made peace with the Czech Republic. Under the peace of Kalisz of 1343 years regained the position by the Knights Dobrzyn Kujawy and, in return for surrendering the rights of Gdańsk Pomerania.
main ally of Casimir the Great in the international arena were the Hungarians. With their help, in the years 1340-1349 he joined the Polish major part of Russia-Vladimir Halych.

The internal politics led to the codification of laws (statutes wiślicko-it houses), to extend the system to defend the state and urban development. In 1364 he founded the Cracow Academy.

four times married, left no legitimate heir, so after the death of Kazimierz under the earlier agreements Polish throne fell his nephew, Louis the Hungarian.


Casimir III
With God's grace, the Polish king, lord and heir to the lands of Krakow, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kujawy, Pomerania and Ruthenia [1]


Polish king The reign of March 2, 1333
to November 5, 1370
Preceded by Władysław I the Elbow-high
Succeeded by Louis I the Hungarian Biographical Data

Piast dynasty
Born April 30, 1310 in Kowal
He died November 5, 1370 in Krakow
Father Władysław I the Elbow-high
Mother Jadwiga Bolesławówna
wife Anna Aldona Giedyminówna Adelaide
Hesse
Krystyna Jadwiga Rokicza
żagańska

Elizabeth Children

Cunegonde Cunegonde

Anna Jadwiga


alleged image of Casimir the Great in the choir of the basilica zworniku collegiate Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Wiślica, the Coat of Arms Dobrzyń
Casimir III Art by Aleksander Lesser
Casimir the Great Monument in Niepołomice.
Casimir III the Great Monument in Bydgoszcz
Casimir the Great Monument in Brzozów.