Princess Elizabeth of Poland ( pl, Elżbieta Kazimierzówna) (1326–1361) was the eldest child of Casimir III of Poland and his first wife,

Aldona of Lithuania Aldona (baptized ''Ona'' or ''Anna''; her pagan name, Aldona, is known only from the writings of Maciej Stryjkowski; – 26 May 1339) was Queen consort of Poland (1333–1339), and a princess of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. She was the daught ...

Marriage

Elizabeth was originally betrothed to her future brother-in-law,

Louis VI the Roman Louis the Roman () (7 May 1328 – 17 May 1365) was the eldest son of Holy Roman Emperor, Louis IV the Bavarian, by his second wife, Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut, and a member of the House of Wittelsbach. Louis was Duke of Upper Bavaria as L ...

. She was eventually passed over for her younger sister, Cunigunde. An agreement, directed primarily against the

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, was reached on 24 February 1343 in

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

between Elizabeth's father and

Bogislaw V, Duke of Pomerania Bogislaw V ( pl, Bogusław, la, Bogislaus) (c. 1318 – 23 April 1374), sometimes known as the Great ( pl, Bogusław V Wielki), was a Duke of Pomerania. Eldest son of Duke Wartislaw IV and Elisabeth of Lindow-Ruppin, Bogislaw had two brothe ...

. As a result, Elizabeth married Bogislaw on 28 February 1343. She received a

dowry A dowry is a payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage. Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower. While bride price or bride service is a payment ...

from her father of 20,000 kop (cents in

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) and mainly lived in the Castle of Darlowo during her marriage. The couple had two children: *

Elizabeth of Pomerania Elizabeth of Pomerania ( pl, Elżbieta pomorska, cs, Eliška Pomořanská; – 15 April 1393) was the fourth and final wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Bohemia. Life Elizabeth was the daughter of Bogislaw V, Duk ...

(1347 – 15 April 1393), wife of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor * Casimir IV of Pomerania (c. 1351 – 2 January 1377) Her daughter Elizabeth was married in 1363 to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV. The marriage took place during the

Congress of Kraków The Congress of Kraków (Polish: ''Zjazd krakowski'') was a meeting of monarchs initiated by King Casimir III the Great of Poland and held in Kraków (Cracow) around September 22–27, 1364. The pretext for calling the meeting was very likely a pr ...

; 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.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elisabeth Of Poland, Duchess Of Pomerania 1326 births 1361 deaths Piast dynasty House of Griffins Polish princesses Pomeranian nobility 14th-century Polish people 14th-century Polish women Daughters of kings