Kazimierz Karol I. (King of Poland)

25 JUL 1016 - 28 NOV 1058

• TITLE: King of Poland
  
• BIRTH: 25 JUL 1016, Kraków, Małopolska, Poland
• DEATH: 28 NOV 1058, Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
• BURIAL: DEC 1058, Poznań, Wielkopolskie, Poland
• EVENT: He+was+sent+to+one+of+the+Polish+monasteries+in+order+to+acquire+a+proper+education.++ : 1026
• EVENT: He+left+the+church. : 1031
• EVENT: 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. : 1034
• EVENT: 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. : 1037
• EVENT: 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. : 1038
• EVENT: 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: 1039
• EVENT: 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. : 1047
• EVENT: Duke of Poland
  Title of Nobility : From 1038 to 1058
• EVENT: King of Poland
  Title of Nobility : 28 NOV 1058
• EVENT: Duke of Poland
  Title of Nobility :
• EVENT: The Restorer of Poland
  Title of Nobility :
• EVENT: Against+the+will+of+the+Emperor%2C+Casimir+seized+Bohemian-controlled+Silesia%2C+thus+securing+most+of+his+father%27s+domain.+ : ABT 1050
• EVENT: 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. :
• EVENT: 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:
• EVENT: 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:
• EVENT: 6TKK-S5
  AFN :

• MARRIAGE: 1038

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