WI: Jogaila marries Earlier

I heard that Jogaila was born before 1350 if this is true is it possible for his Brother in Law Casimir IV of Pomerania to arrange Jogaila to marry Elisabeth of Pomerania in order to strengthen Casimir IV's claim as the heir of Casimir III and to get an ally, one of the things that will come in this marriage is a possible earlier union of Kreva, if a Polish-Lithuanian union is made due to Jogaila marrying Elisabeth of Pomerania due to Casimir IV dying heirless like in OTL how will it be different from the Polish-Lithuanian union of OTL.
 
No, AFAIK Jogaila was born in 1352 or 1362 (there are doubts). Anyway, I doubt if a marriage between him and Elizabeth would have changed that much. Or if it would have been plausible at all. First, in 1370 (year of Casimir III's death) Jogaila is at best only a heir to Lithuania, with strong competition (if not a child). Risky candidate for a son in law. Second, he is a pagan. Third, in 1368 Elizabeth was married to the emperor Charles IV - any family in Europe would have chosen ruler of the HRE over a pagan prince with very uncertain future. And Elizabeth's father Bogusław V (also Casimir IV's father) died in 1374 - until that time he had a decisive voice concerning his daughter's marriage.
 
No, AFAIK Jogaila was born in 1352 or 1362 (there are doubts). Anyway, I doubt if a marriage between him and Elizabeth would have changed that much. Or if it would have been plausible at all. First, in 1370 (year of Casimir III's death) Jogaila is at best only a heir to Lithuania, with strong competition (if not a child). Risky candidate for a son in law. Second, he is a pagan. Third, in 1368 Elizabeth was married to the emperor Charles IV - any family in Europe would have chosen ruler of the HRE over a pagan prince with very uncertain future. And Elizabeth's father Bogusław V (also Casimir IV's father) died in 1374 - until that time he had a decisive voice concerning his daughter's marriage.
Perhaps if Casimir of Pomerania becomes the heir of Casimir III and later becomes the King of Poland the marriage would be possible, perhaps she could marry Louis of Hungary instead(so no marriage between her and Charles of Bohemia and Elisabeth of Bosnia most likely marries the Serbian Tsar, I think Casimir III could arrange this possible marriage to prevent their rivals, the Luxembourgs to have a stake at the succession of the Kingdom of Poland that is united by Wladyslaw the Elbowhigh) or Jogaila that is if Jogaila becomes a Grand Duke and converts to Catholicism via marriage earlier.
 
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