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	Casimir III of Poland
		Kazimierz III the Great (Polish: Kazimierz Wielki; 1310 – 1370), King of Poland, was the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Jadwiga of Gniezno and Great Poland.
		Sarcophagus of Kazimierz the Great at Wawel Cathedral.
		14th-century wiec, in the reign of Kazimierz the Great.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/casimir_iii_of_poland.html (1018 words)

	Casimir III - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		CASIMIR III., called "THE Great," king of Poland (1310-1370), the son of Wladislaus Lokietek, king of Poland, and Jadwiga, princess of Kalisch, was born at Kowal in Kujavia in 1 3 10.
		Casimir belongs to that remarkable group of late medieval sovereigns who may be called the fathers of modern diplomacy, inasmuch as they relegated warfare to its proper place as the instrument of politics, and preferred the councilchamber to the battle-field.
		Casimir's last political act was the conclusion of a fresh alliance with Louis of Hungary against Charles IV.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Casimir_III (931 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - CASIMIR III., THE GREAT
		Casimir appears to have protected the Jews against outbreaks of the mob in 1348, for the groundless accusation of the poisoning of wells by the Jews had traveled from Germany into Poland and had roused the populace against the latter.
		Polish historians ascribe the special favors and privileges bestowed on the Jews by Casimir to his love for Esther; but they are not correct in this ascription, since the privileges in question were confirmed by Casimir in 1334, twenty-two years, before his relations with Esther.
		Cracow was in Casimir's time one of the Hanse towns in alliance with forty other cities in Europe.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=221&letter=C (514 words)

	Casimir III of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Casimir III the Great (Polish: Kazimierz Wielki), (1310-1370), King of Poland, son of king Władyslaw I Łokietek (Wladyslaw the Elbow-high), 1305-1333 and Jadwiga of Gniezno and Great Poland.
		Casimir the Great married firstly Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the prince of Lithuania, Gediminas.
		Casimir is the only Polish king who did receive and maintain the title of the great in Polish history (Boleslaw I Chrobry was once also called the great, but not today), and the title is well deserved.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kazimierz_Wielki (936 words)

	St. Casimir
		Casimir was placed in the care of this scholar at the age nine, and even then he was remarkable for his ardent piety.
		Casimir was possessed of great charms of person and character, and was noted particularly for his justice and chastity.
		Sigismund I, King of Poland, petitioned the pope for Casimir's canonization, and Pope Leo X appointed the papal legate Zaccaria Ferreri, Bishop of Guardalfiera, the Archbishop of Gnesen, and the Bishop of Przemysl to investigate the life and miracles of Casimir.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/c/casimir,saint.html (893 words)

	Atypus Tours in Austria
		In the 9th and 10th centuries was part of Great Moravian Empire with a capital in today Czech republic.
		Casimir III the Great (1333-70) was a monarch of some renown.
		Despite steady economic recovery on paper, poverty was still very much the go in rural areas and about one fifth of Poland's 20 million people emigrated, mostly to the USA.The teritory of present Poland was inhabited by Slav tribes from 6th century.
	www.atypus.cz /poland.htm (1917 words)

	7. Eastern Europe, 1300-1500. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		In 1340 Casimir seized Halicz, Lemberg, and Volhynia.
		He had great difficulty in keeping his fractious nobility in order and in 1433 was obliged to grant the Charter of Kraków, reaffirming and extending their privileges.
		Battle of Tannenberg (Grünwald), a great victory for the Poles, who used Bohemian mercenaries under John Ziska and were supported by the Russians and even the Tatars, against the Teutonic Knights.
	www.bartleby.com /67/555.html (739 words)

	Casimir IV of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Casimir IV the Jagiellonian (Polish: Kazimierz Jagiellończyk, Lithuanian Kazimieras Jogailaitis) (1427 - 1492), of the House of Jagiello was grand duke of Lithuania from 1440 and king of Poland from 1447 until his death.
		That same year, Casimir was approached by the Prussians for aid against the ruling Teutonic Order, which he promised, by the act of incorporation of Prussia to Polish Kingdom; however, when the cities of Prussia rebelled against Teutons, the order resisted with greater strength than expected, and the Thirteen Years' War (1454-1466) ensued.
		His son named Casimir was to have been married to the daughter of emperor Frederick III but he instead chose a religious life, eventually becoming canonized as St.
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Casimir_IV_of_Poland (434 words)

	Casimir III of Poland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Casimir III or the Great (Kazimierz Wielki), (1310-1370), (Click link for more info and facts about King of Poland) King of Poland, son of (Click link for more info and facts about Władyslaw I Łokietek) Władyslaw I Łokietek (Wladyslaw the Elbow High), 1305-1333 and Jadwiga.
		Casimir the Great married Anna, or (Click link for more info and facts about Aldona Ona) Aldona Ona, the daughter of the duke of (A republic in northeastern Europe on the Baltic Sea) Lithuania, (Click link for more info and facts about Gediminas) Gediminas.
		Casimir is the only Polish king who did receive and maintain the title of the great in Polish history ((Click link for more info and facts about Boleslaw I Chrobry) Boleslaw I Chrobry was once also called the great, but not today), and the title is well deserved.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/casimir_iii_of_poland2.htm (705 words)

	Mieszko III of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Mieszko III the Old was a duke of Greater Poland (1138-1202) and also a high-duke of all Poland (1173-1202, with interruptions), belonging to the Piast dynasty.
		Parents: Boleslaus III the Wrymounth, duke of Poland, and (Mieszko was the third son of Boleslaus, and second son of the ducal couple).
		According to the statute of the Polish duke Boleslaus III the Wrymouth Poland was divided into the 4-5 hereditary provinces distributed among his sons, and a royal province of Cracow for the eldest to be the high-duke of all Poland.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Mieszko_III_of_Poland (288 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Casimir was the second son of King Władysław II Jagiełło (Jogaila), and the younger brother of Władysław III of Varna.
		Casimir was invited by Lithuanian magnates to come to Lithuania, and when Casimir arrived in Vilnius in 1440, he was proclaimed as Grand Duke on 29 June 1440 by the Council of Lords, contrary to the wishes of the Polish noblemen -- an act supported and coordinated by Jonas Goštautas.
		That same year, Casimir was approached by the Prussian Confederation for aid against the Teutonic Order, which he promised, by the act of incorporation of Prussia to the Polish Kingdom.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Casimir_IV_of_Poland (800 words)

	Casimir III the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Casimir III the Great, b 30 April 1310, d 5 November 1370.
		Knights, Casimir obtained the support of Hungary and the neutrality of the Tatars.
		Casimir distributed property and privileges in Galicia to Polish magnates, provided incentives to Polish merchants and German colonists, and granted
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/C/A/CasimirIIItheGreat.htm (127 words)

	Sigismund II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He sought to remedy the evil by liaisons with two of the most beautiful of his countrywomen, and, the diet undertaking to legitimatize and acknowledge as his successor any heir male who might be born to him; but their complacency was in vain, for the king died childless.
		This matter of the king's marriage was of great political importance, the Protestants and the Catholics being equally interested in the issue.
		But the most striking memorial of his greatness was the Union of Lublin, which finally made of Poland and Lithuania one body politic called Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth or Rzeczpospolita, and put an end to the jealousies and discords of centuries.
	www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Sigismund_II_of_Poland (849 words)

	AllRefer.com - Casimir III (Polish History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Casimir III 1310–70, king of Poland (1333–70), son of Ladislaus I and last of the Piast dynasty.
		He strengthened the royal power at the expense of the nobility and clergy; codified Polish law in the Statute of Wislica, alleviating the lot of the peasants (hence he was "king of the peasants"); improved the condition of the Jews; encouraged industry, commerce, and agriculture; and founded (1364) the Univ. of KrakOw.
		Casimir was succeeded by his Angevin nephew, King Louis I of Hungary.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Casimir3.html (258 words)

	Domestic-Church.Com:Saint Profile: Saint Casimir
		Casimir died in 1482, of tuberculosis when he was 24 years old, having spend his life serving a King higher than his father.
		Saint Casimir was the third among the thirteen children of Casimir III, King of Poland and Elizabeth of Austria.
		Casimir and his brothers were extremely fond of their teacher and begged him never to leave them for any other position.
	www.domestic-church.com /CONTENT.DCC/19980301/SAINTS/STCASIMR.HTM (1295 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		John Casimir (kneeling) takes an oath at Lwów in 1655, during "The Deluge," that he would drive the Swedes from Poland, improve the lot of the peasants, and honor the rights and privileges of the szlachta.
		In 1660 John II Casimir was forced to renounce his claim to the Swedish throne and acknowledge Swedish sovereignty over Livonia and the city of Riga.
		John Casimir was, after his brother, the head of the genealogical line of St.Bridget of Sweden, descending in primogeniture from Bridget's sister.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=John_II_Casimir_of_Poland (1077 words)

	Jadwiga of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		She was the youngest daughter of Louis the Great of the House of Capet-Anjou, King of Hungary and Poland, and of.
		Until rather recently, Poland had been ruled by her independent king Casimir III of Poland, of the ancient Piast dynasty.
		Emperor Sigismund himself was a 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 the younger but only progenited daughter of Casimir III from his first marriage with Gediminaitis.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Hedwig_of_Poland (1502 words)

	Boleslaus III of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Boleslaus III the Wrymouth (Bolesław III Krzywousty), (1086-1138) was duke of Poland from 1102.
		He was a son of Ladislaus Herman of Poland and, daughter of emperor Henry III.
		Boleslaus III was thus the brother in law of emperor Henry IV.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Boleslaus_III_of_Poland (361 words)

	John III Sobieski, King of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In a strange twist of events a statue of John III Sobieski was brought to the city of Gdansk by people from his native land (from Lwów), when they were resettled there.
		King John III Sobieski, nicknamed by the Turks the "Lion of Lechistan", and the last great king of Poland, died in Wilanów, Poland on June 17, 1696.
		His wife, Marie Casimire, died in 1716 in Blois, France and her body was returned to Poland.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/John_III_Sobieski,_King_of_Poland (823 words)

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		Kazimierz III Wielki, (Casimir III the Great) King of Poland 1333-1370
		In May 1363 King’s granddaughter, Elizabeth (Elzbieta) of Slupsk was being married in Cracow to the future Emperor, Charles IV of Luxembourg, King of the Romans and King of Bohemia.
		Casimir is the only Polish king who did receive and maintain the title of “the great” in Polish history and the title is well deserved.
	www.angelfire.com /scifi2/rsolecki/kazimierz_III_wielki.html (742 words)

	Funk Casimir - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Funk, Casimir (1884-1967), Polish-born American biochemist, born in Warsaw, which was then part of the Russian Empire.
		Since the introduction in 1912 of the term vitamine by the Polish biochemist Casimir Funk, a large number of vitamins have been isolated and their...
		Casimir was one of the four sons of Boleslav III, Duke of Poland, among whom...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Funk_Casimir.html (91 words)

	Medieval Times
		In 1320 the Polish crown was restored by Casimir III the Great (Kazimierz Wielki), who was a monarch of some renown, bestowing one of Europe's first universities on Krakow, and an extensive network of castles and fortifications on the country at large.
		It is said that Casimir the Great 'found Poland built of wood and left it built of masonry'.
		Casimir the Great was the last king of the Piast dynasty.
	www.experiencepoland.com /medievaltimes.html (535 words)

	Poland HISTORY
		Under Casimir III ("the Great"; r.1333–70), the last of the Piast rulers, Poland was restored to unity and greatness.
		Casimir made peace with the Teutonic Knights, added Galicia to the realm, and welcomed Jewish refugees from the west; internally, law was codified, administration centralized, and a university was established at Cracow in 1364.
		A Russian, Prussian, and Austrian agreement led to the first partitioning of Poland in 1772; the second (1793) and third (1795) partitions led to the demise of Poland as a sovereign state.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Poland-HISTORY.html (3856 words)

	Add Poland as a civilization in future versions of Civilization games. Petition
		We, the Undersigned civ-players, would like to see Poland as one of the playable civilizations in future versions of this great game, by many of us regarded as best computer game ever created.
		After the war, for the next 44 years Poland was again occupied - this time by the Red Army.
		John III Sobieski (17th century, king of Poland, leader of Christian Holy League against the Ottoman Empire, victorious in Vienna)
	www.thepetitionsite.com /takeaction/224875277 (748 words)

	Saints - Casimir of Poland
		When in 1479 the king went to Lithuania to spend 5 years arranging affairs there, Casimir was placed in charge of Poland, and from 1481 to 1483 administered the State with great prudence and justice.
		Casimir is the patron of Poland and Lithuania, though he is honored as far as Belgiumand Naples.
		In the beginning of the 17th century King Sigismund III began at Vilna the erection of a chapel in honor of St. Casimir, which was finished under King Wladislaus IV.
	www.scborromeo.org /saints/casimir.htm (734 words)

	Mieszko I of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He had probably one sister of unknown name, and two brothers: one of them, name unknown, was killed in battle around 964; and the second, named Czcibor, died in the Battle of Cedynia in 972.
		Mieszko I had pledged allegiance to emperor Otto I the Great, to emperor Otto II and again to emperor Otto III, however there is much dispute from the Polish side over this fact - mainly whether he was vassal from whole Poland, or from part Poland (the disputed fragment is "usque Varta fluvium").
		Shortly before his death he placed his state under the suzerainty of the Pope in a document usually called the Dagome Iudex.This Dagome Iudex indexes the lands of the Mieszko, referred as "Dagome" in document, and his wife, former nun Oda and her sons by him.
	www.lexington-fayette.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Mieszko_I_of_Poland (746 words)

	SuperDisk:Rambaud folder:RamMos02.html
		Ivan III., whose reign of forty-three years was to permit him to realize the expectations of Russia, was a cold, imperious, calculating prince, the very type of the Souzdalian and Muscovite princes.
		Made up in a great degree of Russian as well as of Polish and Lithuanian elements, it was many times on the point of annihilating Russia, in the same way as Burgundy, composed of French, Batavian, and German provinces, had been on the point of annihilating the French nation.
		Schig- Akhmet, Khan of the Great Horde, wished to make a diversion, but the Khan of the Crimea attacked him with fury, and in 1502 so completely extinguished his rule, that the ruins of Saraï, the capital of Bati, where the Russian princes had grovelled before the khans, were henceforward a home of serpents.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/RamMos02.html (5163 words)

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