Kazimierz II the Just
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Kazimierz II the Just (Polish: Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy; 1138 – May 5, 1194), of the Piast Dynasty, was the youngest son of Bolesław III Wrymouth by Salome von Berg-Schelklingen, daughter of Henry, Duke of Berg.
Kazimierz reigned as Duke of Kraków and senior prince of Poland (see Seniorate) from 1177 until his death.
Born shortly before or after his father's death, and omitted (possibly for that reason) from Bolesław's will dividing the kingdom among Kazimierz's four elder brothers, he set about securing the basis for a claim to power. In 1167 he inherited from his brother Henryk the dukedom of Wiślica, and in 1173 he obtained that of Sandomierz.
In 1177, a rebellion by Lesser Poland lords against Mieszko III the Old led to the elevation of Kazimierz to the Kraków throne. In 1180 he won acceptance, by the nobility and clergy, of the principle of hereditary succession to the Kraków dukedom, though it would take more than a century to restore the Polish kingship.
- Children: Konrad of Mazovia, Leszek the White
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