The tomb of Casimir III the Great was opened in 1869. It turned out that the king could boast a complete set of teeth. This would suggest a diet based largely on meat and fats, and high carcass at the same time. This could have been of great importance during a freak hunt, during which the horse allegedly bent under the king, and the fall ended with a wound and leg fracture.
- Casimir III the Great lived 60 years
- His life ended with a hunt organized during a church holiday
- Despite the accident he suffered then, the ruler had a chance to continue to live. He was largely overcome by his own difficult character
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A young mansion for melancholy
Based on the measurement of the bones, the monarch’s height was estimated to be about 175 cm – quite a lot for the time. Thanks to this, we know why Jan Długosz in his Chronicles referred to Casimir the Great as “statue of elevata” (loosely translated: tall figure).
Readers who remember from their school days that Casimir the Great found Poland wooden and left it brick may feel disappointed. Well, wood was the main building material in our country until at least the beginning of the XNUMXth century.
The more surprising, however, is the fact that in his youth he was accused of rape. Well, Kazimierz diligently used the fact that he was puffed and blown from childhood. During his stay at the Hungarian court of his sister Elżbieta Łokietkówna, he reportedly fell into melancholy, which he wanted to cure with the help of a “poultice” from the young maid of Klara Zach. It is said that people related to Queen Elizabeth deceptively led Klara to his room, and when her father found out about the fact, he promised revenge on Kazimierz and his relatives. He had already returned to Krakow, so the fate caught up with Elżbieta and Karol Robert who were present in Hungary. They survived, but Łokietkówna paid for this attack with four fingers of her left hand and found her in the chronicles as “the queen of the stump”.
In later years, Kazimierz the Great paid for the problems with controlling his own lust with unsuccessful choices. He married Krystyna Rokiczana, an agent of Emperor Charles IV, then became involved in many years of trials in which the pope accused him of bigamy (even polygamy). His complicated matrimonial situation resulted in the lack of a male heir and finally the extinction of the male line of the Piasts sitting on the Polish throne.
What did Casimir the Great die of?
On September 8, 1370, Casimir the Great, ignoring the warnings of the clergy, set off to hunt in Przedbórz near Kielce. It was a church holiday at that time, and for the clergy it was a bad omen to chase after game. However, the 60-year-old ruler did not do anything about these warnings. He went hunting. As he chased after the fleeing deer, the king’s horse stumbled. While falling, Casimir the Great broke his leg in the shin. It was the beginning of the end of his life.
In the following days, the king developed a fever. Casimir the Great disregarded his condition and the warnings of court medics and went to the bathhouse to take a hot bath there. After leaving the water, the king’s body temperature rose sharply. However, he still felt that he was fine and continued his journey to Krakow. At one point, to cool his fever-digested body, he also drank water from an icy stream.
The ruler soon paid for his stubbornness and imprudence with his life. The accident and the subsequent disregard of the doctors’ recommendations resulted in the development of the fatal pneumonia in the ruler.
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