Casimir III

/ ˈkæzɪmɪə /

noun

1. known as the Great . 1310–70, king of Poland (1333–70)

Example Sentences

Poland, agitated for a long time by the Teutonic knights, respired under Casimir III.

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On the extinction of his line in 1340 Casimir III. of Poland incorporated Galicia and Lemberg; on Casimir’s death in 1370 Louis the Great of Hungary, in accordance with previous treaties, became king of Poland, Galicia and Lodomeria; and in 1382, by the marriage of Louis’s daughter with Ladislaus II.,

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His descendants are said to have been kings in Poland till the time of Casimir III.; and so late as 1675 were princes in Silesia.

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