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Personal data Kazimierz Karol I. King of Poland 

  • He was born on July 25, 1016 in Kraków, Małopolska, Poland.
  • Title: King of Poland
  • (He+was+sent+to+one+of+the+Polish+monasteries+in+order+to+acquire+a+proper+education.++ ) in the year 1026.
  • (He+left+the+church. ) in the year 1031.
  • (His+father%2C+Mieszko+II%2C+was+forced+to+abdicate+in+suspicious+circumstances.+At+the+time+of+his+father%27s+death%2C+Casimir+was+in+Germany+in+the+court+of+his+uncle+Hermann+II%2C+Archbishop+of+Koln. ) in the year 1034.
  • (Both+he+and+his+mother+attempted+to+seize+the+throne+and+returned+to+Poland.+This+precipitated+a+Barons+rebellion%2C+which%2C+coupled+with+the+so+called+%22Pagan+Reaction%22+of+the+commoners%2C+forced+Casimir+and+Richeza+to+flee+to+Saxony. ) in the year 1037.
  • (Soon+Casimir+returned+to+Poland+and+once+again+tried+to+regain+power+with+the+aide+of+his+influential+mother.+This+also+failed+and+he+had+to+flee+again%2C+this+time+to+the+Kingdom+of+Hungary%2C+where+he+was+imprisoned+by+Stephen+I. ) in the year 1038.
  • (Casimir+escaped+to+Hungary+and+went+to+Germany%2C+where+his+relative+the+Emperor+Henry+III+%28who+feared+the+increased+power+of+the+Bohemian+ruler%29+gave+him+military+and+financial+support%2C+which+included+a+troop+of+1%2C000+heavy+footmen+and+a+signif) in the year 1039.
  • (Casimir%2C+aided+by+his+Kievan+brother-in-law%2C+started+a+war+against+Masovia+and+seized+the+land.+It+is+probable+that+he+also+defeated+Mieclaw%27s+allies+from+Pomerania+and+attached+Gdansk+to+Poland.+This+secured+his+power+in+central+Poland. ) in the year 1047.
  • (Title of Nobility ) from 1038 till 1058: Duke of Poland.
  • (Title of Nobility ) on November 28, 1058.
  • (Title of Nobility ) : Duke of Poland.
  • (Title of Nobility ) : The Restorer of Poland.
  • (Against+the+will+of+the+Emperor%2C+Casimir+seized+Bohemian-controlled+Silesia%2C+thus+securing+most+of+his+father%27s+domain.+ ) c 1050.
  • (He+was+the+only+son+of+Mieszko+II+Lambert+by+his+wife+Richeza%2C+daughter+of+Count+Palatine+Ezzo+of+Lotharingia+%28Ezzonen%29+and+granddaughter+of+Emperor+Otto+II. ) .
  • (Casimir+is+known+as+the+Restorer+mostly+because+he+managed+to+reunite+all+parts+of+the+Polish+Kingdom+after+a+period+of+turmoil.+He+reinstated+Masovia%2C+Silesia+and+Pomerania+into+his+realm.+However%2C+he+failed+to+crown+himself+King+of+Poland%2C+mainl) .
  • (To+strengthen+his+rule+he+re-created+the+bishopric+in+Krakow+and+Wroclaw+and+erected+the+new+Wawel+Cathedral.+During+Casimir%27s+rule+heraldry+was+introduced+in+Poland+and%2C+unlike+his+predecessors%2C+he+promoted+landed+gentry+over+the+druzyna+as+his+b) .
  • He died on November 28, 1058 in Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland, he was 42 years old.
  • He is buried Dez 1058 in Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
  • A child of Mieszko Lambert II King of Poland and Richenza of Lotharingia
  • This information was last updated on April 17, 2022.

Household of Kazimierz Karol I. King of Poland

He is married to Maria Dobronega Vladimirovna of Kiev.

They got married in the year 1038, he was 21 years old.


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