piasts

Don't confuse Konrad II with his infamous grandfather and namesake-it was Konrad I who brought Teutonic Order to his lands. Konrad II was Duke of Czersk and ruled eastern part of Mazovia, when his brother Bolesław II ruled duchy of Płock in western part of Mazovia. Konrad II had no sons, thus...

Przemysł II, Duke of Pomerania and Greater Poland and later King of Poland, was last male from Piast line of Greater Poland. He left only one legitimate child, daughter Elizabeth Richeza, born in 1288, later Queen of Poland and Bohemia as wife of Wenceslaus II. Say that Przemysł's only child...

POD is simple-Duke of Cracow Leszek Czarny (Leszek the Black) is not impotent and have a son from his marriage with Gryfina of Halych (Bolesław, born in 1270). So with reigning Duke of Cracow leaving adult son (IOTL Leszek died in 1288, but without OTL humiliation and less stress he could live...

Henry III, Duke of Głogów, was one of main rivals of Władysław Łokietek in struggle for Polish Crown. Although he wasn't as lucky (Łokietek's career 'from zero to hero' was one of the most ASBish events in Polish history) and longevity. Henry controlled his native Duchy of Głogów and most of...

Margaret of Luxembourg, widowed Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of John of Luxembourg King of Bohemia, was planned to marry King of Poland Casimir III, also recently widowed, but she died in 1341 at age 28. Luxembourgs as replacement proposed Adelheid of Hesse to Casimir. Adelheid offered little...

@krieger @Jan Olbracht Queen Anna of Bohemia Anna’s Folly After the murder of Anne's brother, Wenceslaus, in 1306, Anne's husband was elected King of Bohemia and titular King of Poland. However, all power was soon taken over by Rudolph of Habsburg. Anne and Henry then fled to Carinthia out...

Władysław Łokietek, King of Poland, had two other sons besides future Casimir the Great, but these sons-Stefan and Władysław, bot died young. Say, that Władysław Jr (few years older than Kazimierz) lives longer, long enough to marry Anna Aldona, but not long enough to outlive father. Władysław...

After giving birth to two daughters Hedwig of Sagan, fourth wife of Casimir III*, King of Poland gave birth to long awaited son. Vladislaus (Władysław), born in 1369, was first royal son born in Poland from the time of his father's birth almost 60 years earlier**. Although Casimir's second wife...

I've never understood why Vladislaus II of Opole, as a male line Piast and a (female line) descendant of Vladislaus I the Elbow-High wasn't logical choice to ascend to the Polish throne either after the death of Casimir III or that of Louis I of Hungary, for whom he was essentially a viceroy...

Say that Wenceslaus is killed in late july 1295 by classic horse ridding accident. His death before he get crowns of Poland and Hungary would cause massive butterflies in whole Central Europe. His 5 years old son Wenceslaus III would inherit Bohemian throne. Once again Bohemia would need...

OTL Konrad of Mazovia was mindless brute known for invitation of Teutonic Knights to Chełmno Land, which became nucleus of future Teutonic Order State (as result Konrad is often blamed not only for later wars between Poland and Teutonic Order but also for Partitions and ww2 :) ). ITTL Konrad's...

June 1297, Czech King Wenceslaus II dies in some accident during celebrations of his coronation in Prague. Duke Henry of Głogów, one of Wenceslaus' guests is equally unlucky. He returned from Prague to his duchy seriously ill and died few weeks later. Two big rivals of Władysław Łokietek, ruler...

Sometimes, a monarch dying without male heirs was a problem back in the medieval age. Casimir III of Poland was one case: after he died without a male heir, the native polish Piast dynasty went extinct, and Poland ended up as ground for power plays between Bohemia, Hungary, and Lithuania. So...

Tribes on the Vistula River never unite ... What happens then? Will there be any other states on the Vistula, or will these lands germanize?

At the extinction of the Piasts in Silesia, several duchies were SUPPOSED to be inherited by the Margrave of Brandenburg. The Holy Roman Emperor, Leopold I blocked this inheritance, and Friedrich of Prussia charged his heirs to reclaim ths inheritance at a later date. Now, the idea I've got for...