Found Poland wood, left it brick
Casimir III, the last Piast king of Poland, founded the university at Kraków in 1364 and built castles and town walls across the country. A saying credits him with finding Poland wooden and leaving it brick.
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Casimir III the Great
1310–1370 · Piast
King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. Born at Kowal. Died at Kraków.
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See Casimir III the Great on the tree On the map Thrones
Reigned
| 1333–1370 | King of Poland |
Family
- Father
- Władysław I the Elbow-high
- Mother
- Hedwig of Kalisz
- Married
- Aldona of Lithuania 1325
Adelaide of Hesse 1341 - Siblings (1)
- Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary 1305
Related to
- Casimir III the Great was the 15× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
- Casimir III the Great was the second cousin 14 times removed of Victoria.
- Casimir III the Great was the second cousin 10 times removed of Louis XIV of France.