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Poland of the later Piasts, Kingdom of
The accession of the Piast Duke Władysław I the Elbow-high ends the power struggle amongst the Polish nobility.
He unites the various principalities of the Kingdom of Poland, and in 1320 he is crowned King.
His son Casimir III the Great greatly strengthens the Polish state in both foreign and domestic affairs.Casimir is the last male member of the Piast dynasty and is succeeded by his nephew, Louis I of Hungary from the Angevine dynasty.
The upsurge of the monarchy continues under Louis, during the union of Hungary and Poland.Since Louis has no son either, his daughter Jadwiga becomes the heir of the Polish monarchy.
Under the terms of the Union of Krewo, she marries Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, who converts to Christianity.
This marriage creates not only a dynastic union between Poland and Lithuania but also binds the two countries together for the next four centuries.
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- Kraków Krakow Poland Capital
- Belz L'vivs'ka Oblast Ukraine Location
- Berlin Berlin Germany Location
- Breslau > Wroclaw Wroclaw Poland Location
- Budapest Budapest Hungary Location
- Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz Poland Location
- Chelm Chelm Poland Location
- Dobrzyn nad Wisla Wloclawek Poland Location
- Drohiczyn Bialystok Poland Location
- Gdansk (Danzig) Gdansk Poland Location
- Grudziadz Torun Poland Location
- Kalisz Kalisz Poland Location
- Kamenec-Podol'skij > Kamianets-Podilskyi > Kamyanets-Podilsky > Kamieniec Podolski Khmel'nyts'ka Oblast Ukraine Location
- Kiev > Kijev Kyyivs'ka Oblast Ukraine Location
- Koszyce Kielce Poland Location
- Krylos (Old Halych) Ivano-Frankivs'ka Oblast Ukraine Location
- Königsberg > Kaliningrad Kaliningradskaya Russia Location
- Leczyca Plock Poland Location
- Lwów > L'vov > Lviv L'vivs'ka Oblast Ukraine Location
- Moscow > Moskva Moskovskaya Oblast Russia Location
- Plock Plock Poland Location
- Plowce Bydgoszcz Poland Location
- Przemysl Przemysl Poland Location
- Selitryannoye Astrakhanskya Russia Location
- Vladimir Vladimirskaya Oblast Russia Location
- Warsaw > Warszawa Warszawa Poland Location
- Wroclaw (Breslau) Wroclaw Poland Location