Elizabeth of Poland, Duchess of Pomerania

Duchess consort of Pomerania

Elizabeth, Holy Roman Empress
Casimir IV, Duke of Pomerania

House

House of Piast (by birth)
House of Pomerania (by marriage)

FatherCasimir III of PolandMotherAldona of Lithuania

Princess Elisabeth of Poland (Polish: Elżbieta Kazimierzówna; 1326–1361) was the eldest child of Casimir III of Poland and his first wife, Aldona of Lithuania.^[1]

Marriage

Elizabeth was originally betrothed to her future brother-in-law, Louis VI the Roman. She was eventually passed over for her younger sister, Cunigunde.

An agreement, directed primarily against the Teutonic Order, was reached on 24 February 1343 in Poznań between Elizabeth's father and Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania. As a result, Elizabeth married Bogislaw on 28 February 1343.^[2] She received a dowry from her father of 20,000 kop (cents in Prague) and mainly lived in the Castle of Darlowo during her marriage. The couple had two children:

Elizabeth of Pomerania (1347 – 15 April 1393), wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor^[3]
Casimir IV of Pomerania (c. 1351 – 2 January 1377)^[2]^[3]

Her daughter Elizabeth was married in 1363 to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. The marriage took place during the Congress of Kraków; the most celebrated feast commemorating the event took place at the house of Mikołaj Wierzynek (młodszy). Elizabeth of Poland did not live to see her daughter married off. She died in 1361 at a monastery of the Order of Saint Augustine in Świątkach, and was buried there.

Her son, Casimir (Kaźko) was groomed to become Casimir the Great's successor as King of Poland but was sidelined by Louis I of Hungary, and instead succeeded Bogislaw in 1364 as Duke of Pomerania.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Elizabeth of Poland, Duchess of Pomerania

8. Casimir I of Kuyavia

4. Władysław I of Poland

9. Euphrosyne of Opole

2. Casimir III of Poland

10. Bolesław of Greater Poland

5. Hedwig of Kalisz

11. Jolenta of Poland

1. Elisabeth of Poland

12. Butvydas of Lithuania

6. Gediminas of Lithuania

3. Aldona of Lithuania

14. Ivan of Polotsk

7. Jewna of Polotsk

References

^ Davies 1982, p. 65.
^ ^a ^b Lerski 1996, p. 250.
^ ^a ^b Frost 2015, p. 7.

Sources

Davies, Norman (1982). God's Playground: A History of Poland. Vol. I: The Origins to 1795. Columbia University Press.
Frost, Robert I. (2015). The Making of the Polish-Lithuanian Union 1385-1569. Vol. 1. Oxford University Press.
Lerski, George J. (1996). "Kazimierz IV". Historical Dictionary of Poland, 966-1945. ABC-CLIO.