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Casimir I the Restorer

1016 - 1058

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Casimir I the Restorer (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel; 25 July 1016 – 19 March 1058), a member of the Piast dynasty, was the duke of Poland from 1040 until his death. Casimir was the son of Mieszko II Lambert and Richeza of Lotharingia. He is known as the Restorer because he managed to reunite parts of the Kingdom of Poland after a period of turmoil. He reincorporated Masovia and conquered Silesia and Pomerania. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Casimir I the Restorer is the 3,387th most popular politician (down from 2,919th in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Poland (down from 178th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Polish Politician.

Casimir is most famous for his work in the field of electromagnetism. He was able to show that the electromagnetic field could be quantized.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Casimir I the Restorer ranks 3,387 out of 19,576Before him are William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Bidzina Ivanishvili, Ptolemy X Alexander I, Samsu-iluna, Issey Miyake, and Levon Ter-Petrosyan. After him are Eutropius, Gunthamund, Crixus, Catherine of Braganza, Khutughtu Khan Kusala, and Ahmose-Nefertari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1016, Casimir I the Restorer ranks 6Before him are Harold Harefoot, Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, Robert Guiscard, Béla I of Hungary, and Ferdinand I of León. After him are Deokjong of Goryeo, Emperor Xingzong of Liao, Naropa, Edward the Exile, Svein Knutsson, and Amadeus I, Count of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1058, Casimir I the Restorer ranks 3Before him are Pope Stephen IX, and Solomon ibn Gabirol. After him are Al-Mawardi, Judith of Schweinfurt, Ermesinde of Carcassonne, Lulach, William VII, Duke of Aquitaine, and Stephen I of Croatia.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Casimir I the Restorer ranks 188 out of 1,694Before him are Alice Miller (1923), Robert Lewandowski (1988), Miroslav Klose (1978), Piast the Wheelwright (800), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), and Cymburgis of Masovia (1394). After him are Jerzy Kosiński (1933), Marian Rejewski (1905), Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), Helena Rubinstein (1872), Heinrich Rickert (1863), and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (1915).

Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Casimir I the Restorer ranks 51Before him are Andrzej Duda (1972), Maxim Litvinov (1876), Georg Michaelis (1857), Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884), John I Albert (1459), and Piast the Wheelwright (800). After him are Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (1770), Duke Louis of Württemberg (1756), Frederick I of Württemberg (1754), Hans Lammers (1879), Mykhailo Hrushevsky (1866), and Mieszko II Lambert (990).