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	Saint Casimir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Casimir Jagiełło, prince of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania was born in 1458 at the royal palace in Kraków.
		Casimir was the grandson of Vladislaus II Jagiello and was the second son of king Casimir IV and queen Elizabeth of Austria.
		Casimir, who was eager to defend the Cross against the Turks, accepted the call and went to Hungary to receive the crown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saint_Casimir (359 words)

	CASIMIR III. - LoveToKnow Article on CASIMIR III.
		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.
		In his youth Casimir was considered frivolous and licentious; while his sudden flight from the field of Plowce, the scene of his fathers great victory over the Teutonic knights, argued but poorly for his personal courage.
		Fortunately Casimir was a mini of npnptrstin,i c~eniiis T-Tis fiitlier hsd hp~n ii 1,prn whri trusted entirely to his sword, yet the heroic struggle of a lifetime bad barely sufficed to keep at bay the numerous and potent foes with which Poland was environed.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CASIMIR_III_.htm (997 words)

	CASIMIR IV. - LoveToKnow Article on CASIMIR IV.
		Casimir was to be a leading factor in this combination, and he took advantage of it to procure the election of his son Wladislaus as king of Bohemia.
		Towards everything like disorder, tyranny, or aristocratic oppression, Casimir was always inexorably severe; all disturbers of the peace were remorselessly put to death as the worst enemies of their country and he enjoyed in.
		Casimirs last political act was the conclusion of a fresh alliance with Louis of Hungary against Charles IV.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /C/CA/CASIMIR_IV_.htm (2594 words)

	Casimir IV of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		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)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Casimir was the third of thirteen children born on October 5, 1458 at Cracow, Poland.
		His father was King Casimir IV of Poland and his mother, Elizabeth, was the daughter of Emperor Albert II of Austria.
		Casimir was the third son, and a very holy man named Jan Dlugosz tutored him and his two brothers, Ladislaus and John.
	www.christdesert.org /public_graphics/martyrology/names/c/casimir.txt (386 words)

	SAINT CASIMIR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		When Casimir was fifteen, his father placed him in nominal command of an army and sent him to Hungary, where dissension among the Hungarian noblemen led the elder Casimir to believe he could force a Polish ruler on that country.
		Casimir had no further part in his country's affairs until he was twenty-one, when he began a four-year rule of Poland while his father was absent on affairs of state in Lithuania.
		In 1484, when Casimir himself went to Lithuania on a state visit, a "lung condition" (possibly tuberculosis) that had been troubling him grew worse and was finally the cause of his death on March 4 of that year.
	www.stfrancisvernon.org /casimir.htm (480 words)

	Thirteen Years' War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In 1454 Poland was in conflict with Lithuania, which meant that although Casimir IV was Grand Duke of Lithuania as well as King of Poland, Lithuania sent no aid during the whole war to Poland, and didn't participate in it, except for a few raids without any impact on the result of the war.
		After the arrival of Casimir IV, when he received the official oath of allegiance from his new subjects in Elbing and Thorn, he directed to Chojnice a levee en masse of Polish nobles from which replaced unpaid mercenaries.
		Noblemen, angered by the disruption of the harvest and the unconventional form of the call, massed near the village of and demanded from the king several privileges, which were granted in the September 14 1454.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Thirteen_Years'_War (5107 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Casimir
		Casimir's elder brother, Wladislaus, became King of Bohemia in 1471, and King of Hungary in 1490.
		Casimir was placed in the care of this scholar at the age nine, and even then he was remarkable for his ardent piety.
		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.newadvent.org /cathen/03402a.htm (914 words)

	History Channel Search Results
		Unpopular in Poland, where he was thought to be too favorable to Lithuanians, he courted the support of the lower nobility by giving them the right to refuse taxation.
		From 1485 to 1489 Casimir aided his vassal, Prince Stephen of Moldavia, in his struggle against the Ottoman Turks.
		Casimir's son Władysław was elected king of Bohemia in 1471 and of Hungary in 1490.
	www.historychannel.com /encyclopedia/article.jsp?link=FWNE.fw..ca060100.a (182 words)

	Hungarian Saints -- Casimir
		ST CASIMIR OF POLAND (A.D. ST CASIMIR, to whom the Poles gave the title of "The Peace-maker", was the third of the thirteen children of Casimir IV, King of Poland, and of Elizabeth of Austria, daughter of the Emperor Albert II.
		Casimir was the second son; he and his two brothers, Ladislaus and John, had as their tutor John Dlugosz, the historian, a canon of Cracow and a man of extraordinary learning and piety.
		St Casimir's austerities did nothing to help the lung trouble from which he suffered, and he died at the age of twentythree in 1484 and was buried at Vilna, where his relics still rest in the church of St Stanislaus.
	www.katolikus.hu /hun-saints/casimir.html (879 words)

	Courtly Lives - St. Casimir/Kazimierz
		Casimir showed his devotion to God in his love for the poor, and he gave all his worldly goods, and got many of his relatives to give their monies as well.
		Casimir was only fourteen years old at the time, and gave his unwilling consent, and went to the frontier to lead an army.
		Casimir died on March 4, 1482, at the age of 24, of tuberculosis, in Vilna (or Grodno) the capital of Lithuania.
	www.angelfire.com /mi4/polcrt/Kazimierz.html (638 words)

	Articles - Casimir III of Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Casimir the Great married firstly Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the prince of Lithuania, Gediminas.
		Casimir then married Adelheid of Hessen, and this was the start of his bigamous marriage career.
		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.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Casimir_III_of_Poland (989 words)

	Our Sunday Visitor's Faith Matters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He was born in 1458 or 1460, the third of thirteen children of King Casimir IV (r.
		Casimir believed an attempt to seize the Hungarian throne was unjust and refused to take part in it.
		Casimir is also patron of the Knights of St. John and is invoked against enemies of Poland and the faith.
	www.osv.com /faithmatters/LeaderGuide/stcasimir.asp (206 words)

	SAINTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He was the grandson of Wladislaus II Jagiello, King of Poland, who introduced Catholicism into Lithuania, and the second son of King Casimir IV and Queen Elizabeth, an Austrian princess, the daughter of Albert II, Emperor of Germany and King of Bohemia and Hungary.
		Casimir's uncle, Wladislaus III, King of Poland and Hungary, perished at Varna in 1444, defending the Christendom against the Turks.
		Casimir is the patron of Poland Lithuania, though he is honored as far as Belgium and Naples.
	www.catholictradition.org /saints3-3.htm (726 words)

	The Rulers of Poland
		The successful rule of Casimir the Great was burdened with a personal and dynastic failure; despite having been married a couple of times the king had no lawful son.
		Wladyslaw III's brother, Casimir IV Jagiellonczyk, was crowned king of Poland in 1447.
		In 1471 Casimir IV was elected King of the Czechs.
	home.no.net /bhb2/pl-h03e.htm (1467 words)

	John II Casimir Of Poland Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		John II Casimir Vasa (Polish: Jan II Kazimierz Waza, March 22, 1609 - December 6, 1672), King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Duke of Opole in Silesia.
		John Casimir was thus the nephew of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
		In 1660 John Casimir II was forced to renounce his claims to the Swedish throne and acknowledge Swedish sovereignty over Livonia and city of Riga.
	popularityguide.com /encyclopedia/John_II_Casimir_of_Poland (1184 words)

	A Venetian Diplomat in the 15th Century Lithuania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Since Casimir's combined realm of Lithuania and Poland was coming under increasing pressure from the Ottomans, he was keenly interested in the success of the Venetian's mission to obtain support against the common enemy.
		Casimir, in fact, spent much time in Lithuania and it was at Trakai that he died in 1492 at the age of 65 while hunting.
		Casimir sat at the head of the table flanked on the right by his sons and on his left by the bishop-primate of the realm with the Venetian next to the prelate.
	www.lituanus.org /1984_3/84_3_03.htm (3687 words)

	Catholic Online - Saints & Angels - St. Casimir
		As a prince of Poland, the second son of King Casimir IV and Elizabeth of Austria, his life was scheduled to cement his father's authority and increase Poland's power.
		Casimir's commitment to what he believed was right only grew stronger in his exile and he refused to cooperate with his father's plans any more despite the pressure to give in.
		Casimir is patron saint of Poland and Lithuania.
	www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=33 (591 words)

	Today's Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The patron saint of Poland and Lithuania, St. Casimir (1458-1483) was the second son of King Casimir IV and third in line for the Polish throne.
		While a youth, Casimir was educated by the great Polish scholar John Dlugosz, from whom he learned to be virtuous and devout; he also practiced many forms of penance, and dedicated himself to a life of celibacy.
		Casimir was sent to Hungary at the head of an army, but found that he was outnumbered by forces loyal to the Hungarian king.
	www.catholicexchange.com /church_today/message.asp?message_id=55&sec_id=4 (279 words)

	First Polish Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Casimir, the third of thirteen children of Casimir IV, King of Poland and Elizabeth of Austria, dauther of the Emperor Albert II.
		In honor of the Virgin Mary, Casimir frequently recited the long Latin hymn "Omni die dic Mariae", a copy of which was by his desire buried with him.
		Casimir's austerities did nothing to help the lung trouble from which he suffered.
	members.aol.com /jjnowicki/polcasim.htm (167 words)

	Wladislaus II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		He tried to strengthen his position and rights by next marrying Anna of Celje, granddaughter of Casimir III of Poland (d 1370), whose mother Anna, Countess of Celje (died 1425), daughter of king Casimir, tried to obtain influence.
		He was succeeded by his son Wladislaus III, and after his death at battle of Varna by second son Casimir IV.
		Jagiello was married in 1385 to Queen Jadwiga of Poland (1374-1399).
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Wladyslaw_II_Jagiello (1203 words)

	[No title]
		Casimir, prince of Poland, was born in the royal palace at Krakow on October 3, 1458.
		I would like to emphasize that St. Casimir lived in the royal court of his parents, Casimir IV the Great and Queen Elizabeth of Habsburg, to point out that he lived his life at court and became a saint there.
		The fact that St. Casimir became a saint living in a royal court shows that the court was a place where one can live and be a saint.
	www.traditioninaction.org /SOD/j010sdSt.Casimir3-4.htm (923 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Casimir I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Casimir I, called The Restorer (1016-1058), Duke of Poland (1038-1058).
		A son of King Casimir IV, the third Jagiełłon ruler,...
		Casimir IV: Louis I (of Hungary and Poland)
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Casimir_I.html (125 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - Poleaxing for Poland! A Poland AAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Casimir IV the Conquerer: You may all now fall to the floor and kiss the ground I walk upon.
		Casimir IV the Conqueror quickly concluded a treaty of access with Mecklenburg and marched on to Holstein, besieging the Danish forts unopposed by a field army.
		Casimir IV the Conqueror: Well here is what I want to say: Dear Prince Ivan III of all Vladimir-Suzdal, quit being a whiny loser, like you could ever beat the Danes on your own you pathetic Russian hick.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=111051&page=3 (5193 words)

	March 4 Saint (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Casimir was born in 1458, son of Casimir IV, king of Poland.
		Casimir was never healthy, yet he was courageous and strong in character.
		Casimir helps us see that even if our bodies are not strong or healthy, we can still be strong in character.
	www.tntt.org /vni/tlieu/saints/St0304.htm (319 words)

	Casimir IV -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The long and brilliant reign of Casimir IV Jagiellonian (1447–92) corresponded to the age of “new monarchies” in western Europe.
		As grand duke of Lithuania from 1440 to 1492 and king of Poland from 1447 to 1492, Casimir IV was neither a man of great ambition nor a great warrior.
		Pope Gregory VII's 11th-century removal of Henry IV from the throne of Germany, one of the episodes of the Investiture Controversy.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9020624?tocId=9020624 (791 words)

	Curse of the Open Tomb
		Casimir was the second son of Wladyslaw II Jagiello and his fourth wife, Zofja Holszanska.
		The remains of King Casimir IV and his wife Elizabeth were interred in a tomb situated in the chapel of Wawel Castle in Krakow, Poland.
		With the consent of Cardinal Wojtyla (Archbishop of Krakow, today better known as Pope John Paul II), a team of scientists was given permission to open the tomb and examine the remains, with restoration as the ultimate objective.
	www.catchpenny.org /curse.html (824 words)

	Kazimierz
		Casimir II - Casimir II, 1138–94, duke of Poland (1177–94), youngest son of Boleslaus III.
		Casimir III - Casimir III, 1310–70, king of Poland (1333–70), son of Ladislaus I and last of the...
		Casimir IV - Casimir IV, 1427–92, king of Poland (1447–92).
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/ent/A0827244.html (89 words)

	ONLIPIX - Great names pictures : CAS
		CASIMIR I (king of Poland from 1034 to 1058, son of MIESZKO II and RYCHEZA, aka 'the Restorer')(1016-1058)
		CASIMIR III (king of Poland from 1333 to 1370, son of WLADILAW I 'Lokietek')(1310-1370)
		CASIMIR IV (king of Poland from 1447 to 1492, son of WLADILAW II)(1427-1492
	www.onlipix.com /personages/cas.htm (120 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Casimir IV
		Casimir IV (1427-1492), king of Poland (1447-1492) and Grand Duke of Lithuania, third ruler of the Jagiełłon dynasty.
		John II Casimir, also called Casimir V (1609-1672), king of Poland (1648-1668).
		Władysław IV Vasa (1595-1648), King of Poland (1632-1648), who waged a series of victorious wars abroad while striving to reinforce his power with a...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Casimir_IV.html (98 words)

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