Polish monarch Casimir III, known as “king…

1324 CE to 1335 CE

Polish monarch Casimir III, known as “king of the peasants”, allows persecuted Jews to settle from 1334 in Poland, which lacks a middle class with the financial and commercial skills Jews can provide.

He confirms and improves the former privileges of Jews.

Married, apparently unhappily, to Aldona-Ona, the formerly pagan daughter of Gediminas, duke of Lithuania, Kazimierz also has many mistresses, about whom little is known; the most famous of them, the beautiful Esther, may have been invented by the chroniclers to explain the king's notable friendliness toward Jews.

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Kraków Krakow Poland View →

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Casimir III the Great View → Gediminas View →

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Jews View → Lithuania, Grand Duchy of View → Poland of the later Piasts, Kingdom of View →

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Faith View → Government View →

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