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Sprawiedliwy, Kazimierz(Casimir II)

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Born: 1138 AD
Died: 1197 AD, at 59 years of age.

Nationality: Polish
Categories: Duke

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1138 - Kazimierz Sprawiedliwy was born. Polish ruler.

         - Also known as Casimir the Just.

1177 - He became the duke of Kraków and of Sandomierz.

         - He drove his brother Mieszko III from power at Kraków and became the principal duke of Poland.

1180 - At the Congress of Leczyca, the nobility and clergy, in return for privileges he had granted them, vested Casimir's descendants with hereditary rights to the crown.

         - Casimir himself was never crowned king.

1194 - Died on May 5th.





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