1370 Deaths - Casimir III the Great, Pope Urban V, Ukhaantu Khan, Emperor Huizong of Yuan, Robert Lauder of Quarrelwood, Malcolm MacLeod (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Casimir Iii the Great, Pope Urban V, Ukhaantu Khan, Emperor Huizong of Yuan, Robert Lauder of Quarrelwood, Malcolm Macleod, D ng Nh t L, Ubayd Zakani, Vedanta Desika, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Euphemia of Sweden, Simeon Uro, Qi Empress, Arnoul D'audrehem, Jean Lebel, Henry of Herford, Vitalis of Assisi, Simon Fleming, 1st Baron Slane, Tello of Castile, Jean de Venette, John Luce, Jean le Bel, William de Shareshull, Gennaro Di Cola, Khabul Shah, Adeliza de Borgomanero, Yang Weizhen, Giovanni Di Agostino, Taigen S shin, William de Moravia, 5th Earl of Sutherland. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Casimir III the Great (Polish: 30 April 1310 5 November 1370), last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty (13331370), was the son of King Wadysaw I the Elbow-high and Hedwig of Kalisz. Born in Kowal, Casimir (Kazimierz) the Great first married Anna, or Aldona Ona, the daughter of the prince of Lithuania, Gediminas. The daughters from this marriage were Cunigunde (d 1357), who was married to Louis VI the Roman, the son of Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, and Elisabeth, who was married to Duke Bogislaus V of Pomerania. Aldona died in 1339 and Kazimierz then married Adelaide of Hesse. He divorced Adelheid in 1356, married Christina, divorced her, and while Adelheid and possibly also Christina were still alive (ca. 1365) married Hedwig (Jadwiga) of Gogow and Sagan. His three daughters by his fourth wife were very young and regarded as of dubious legitimacy because of their father's bigamy. Because all of the five children he fathered with his first and fourth wife were daughters, he would have no lawful male heir to his throne. When Kazimierz, the last Piast king of Poland, died in 1370, his nephew King Louis I of Hungary succeeded him to become king of ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=7362