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Also Known As Casimir the Restorer • Kazimierz Odnowiciel • Casimir the Monk • Kazimierz Mnich
Born July 25, 1016
Died c.November 28, 1058
House / Dynasty Piast dynasty
Notable Family Members father Mieszko II Lambert • son Bolesław II
Casimir III
Casimir III
king of Poland
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Bolesław I
king of Poland
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
king of Poland
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Mieszko I
duke and prince of Poland
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Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Władysław Gomułka
Władysław Gomułka
Polish politician
Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland
Tommaso Dolabella: Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa
king of Poland
Augustus II
Augustus II
king of Poland and elector of Saxony
Andrzej: Sigismund I
Sigismund I
king of Poland
Marcin Kober: Stephen Báthory
Stephen Báthory
king of Poland
Skrzyński, Aleksander
Aleksander Skrzyński
Polish statesman
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Bolesław II
king of Poland
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Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki
Polish general
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Józef Beck
Polish foreign minister
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Adam Rapacki
Polish diplomat
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Baldwin V
count of Flanders
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
Napoleon I
emperor of France
Detail from Charles Le Brun's painting showing Alexander the Great in profile, wearing a gold helmet with white plumes and a blue cloak, with soldiers in the background.
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia