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Casimir III the Great

1310 - 1370

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Casimir III the Great (Polish: Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, retaining the title throughout the Galicia-Volhynia Wars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Casimir III the Great has received more than 907,550 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Casimir III the Great is the 872nd most popular politician (up from 964th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Poland (up from 57th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Politician.

Casimir III the Great was a king of Poland and the last king of the Jagiellonian dynasty. He ruled from 1333 to 1370, and is most famous for his victory over the Teutonic Knights at the Battle of Grunwald in 1410.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Casimir III the Great ranks 872 out of 19,576Before him are Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Philip III of Macedon, Charles II of England, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Ptolemy XIV of Egypt. After him are Paul of Greece, Boris III of Bulgaria, Zeno, Sima Yi, Cleopatra Selene II, and Li Si.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1310, Casimir III the Great ranks 2Before him is Pope Urban V. After him are Laura de Noves, Viracocha Inca, Jeanne d'Évreux, Eleanor de Guzmán, Frederick II, Margrave of Meissen, Winrich von Kniprode, Berdi Beg, Andronikos III of Trebizond, Lorenzo Celsi, and Gil Álvarez Carrillo de Albornoz. Among people deceased in 1370, Casimir III the Great ranks 2Before him is Pope Urban V. After him are Toghon Temür, Rudolf II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg, Guariento di Arpo, and Euphemia of Sweden.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Casimir III the Great ranks 50 out of 1,694Before him are Arthur Rubinstein (1887), Casimir Funk (1884), Rudolf Clausius (1822), Rudolf Virchow (1821), Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768), and Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941). After him are Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Donald Tusk (1957), Emil von Behring (1854), Klaus Kinski (1926), Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), and Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923).

Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Casimir III the Great ranks 9Before him are Paul von Hindenburg (1847), Lech Kaczyński (1949), Władysław IV Vasa (1595), Yitzhak Shamir (1915), Sigismund II Augustus (1520), and Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456). After him are Donald Tusk (1957), Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Bolesław I the Brave (967), Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928), and John II Casimir Vasa (1609).