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There are more than 50 churches named after Casimir in Lithuania and Poland, including Church of St. Casimir, Vilnius and St. Kazimierz Church, Warsaw, and more than 50 churches in Lithuanian and Polish diaspora communities in America. Women's congregation Sisters of Saint Casimir was established in 1908 and remains active in the United States.
Poland (red) at the end of the reign of Casimir III (1370); Silesia (yellow) had been lost, but the kingdom was expanding to the east Casimir was born on 30 April 1310 in Kowal, Kuyavia, [4] the third son of Ladislaus the Short and Jadwiga of Kalisz. [5]
(1) Helen of Znojmo, 7 children 5 May 1194 Kraków Aged about 56 Usurped power from brother Piast: Mieszko III 1190–1190 – – – Usurped Piast: Casimir II the Just 1190–1194 – – – Usurped Piast: High Duke Leszek I the White Polish: Leszek Biały 1194–1198 (3–4 years) c. 1184 /1185
The death of Matthias in 1490 was a great relief to Poland, and Casimir employed the two remaining years of his reign in consolidating his position still further. [16] In 1490, Casimir's son John Albert was elected the King of Hungary by a party among the Hungarian nobles. He was, however, defeated by his older brother, King Vladislaus II of ...
Casimir of Poland may refer to: Any ruler of Poland named Casimir: Duke Casimir I the Restorer (1016–58) High Duke Casimir II the Just (1138–94) King Casimir III the Great (1310–70) King Casimir IV Jagiellon (1427–92) Saint Casimir (1458–84), Polish–Lithuanian prince
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Saint Casimir (1458–1484), patron saint of Lithuania and Poland; Casimir I of Opole (1178/79–1230), Polish duke; Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth between 1515 and 1527; John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern (1543–1592), Count Palatine of Simmern and regent of the Electorate of the Palatinate from 1583 to 1592
Casimir received a force of 1,000 heavy footmen and a significant amount of gold to restore his power in Poland. Casimir also signed an alliance with Yaroslav I the Wise, the Prince of Kievan Rus', who was linked with him through Casimir's marriage with Yaroslav's sister, Maria Dobroniega. With this support, Casimir returned to Poland and ...