Elisabeth of Poland
Elisabeth of Kujavia (died 1380) was
Queen consort of
Hungary and regent of
Poland.
She was a member of the Polish royal clan of
Piast, the daughter of
Władysław I the Elbow-high, prince of
Kujavia and ultimately the unifying king of Poland, and was the sister of
Casimir III the Great, King of Poland and the last ruler of Piast dynasty, who died in
1370.
She was married on 6 July 1320 to
Charles Robert (Charles I), King of Hungary, as his third wife.
Her eldest son king
Louis I of Hungary succeeded in 1370 her brother Casimir also as king of Poland.
The
Piasts did not die out in 1370, as there were plenty of Piasts princes in
Silesia and in
Masovia; however, her brother Casimir III left only female issue and had only one grandson.
Since arrangements had been made for Louis' succession as early as 1355, he became King of Poland upon his uncle's death in right of (and practically together with) his mother Elisabeth of Poland, who -acting as regent in Poland- held much of the practical power until her death in
1380.
Elisabeth and Charles Robert had five sons:
* Charles (
1321)
* Ladislaus (
Belgrade,
November 1,
1324 –
February 24,
1329)
*
Louis I of Hungary (
1326–
1382)
*
Andrew, Duke of Calabria (
1327–
1345)
*
Stephen, Duke of Slavonia (
1332–
1354)
