Zemovit IV Plotsky or Kujawski ( Polish. Siemowit (Ziemowit) ; 1352 - January 21, 1426 ) - Prince of Rav ( 1373/1374 - 1426 ), Plotsky ( 1381 - 1426 ), in Viznensky (1381-11382, 1401-11426) and Belz (1388–1426), representative of the Mazovian line of Piast . The younger son of the prince of Plock and the ravish Zemovit III from his first marriage with the Silesian princess Eufimia of Opolska (died 1352 ).
| Zemovit Mazowiecki | |||||||
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| Siemowit IV płocki | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Zemovit III | ||||||
| Successor | Zemovit V Ravsky , Casimir II Belzsky , Troyden II , Vladislav I Plotsky | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Yuri Narymuntovich | ||||||
| Successor | Zemovit V Ravsky , Casimir II Belzsky , Troyden II , Vladislav I Plotsky | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Zemovit III | ||||||
| Successor | Zemovit V Ravsky , Casimir II Belzsky , Troyden II , Vladislav I Plotsky | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Zemovit III | ||||||
| Successor | Zemovit V Ravsky , Casimir II Belzsky , Troyden II , Vladislav I Plotsky | ||||||
| Birth | 1352 | ||||||
| Death | January 21, 1426 Gostynin | ||||||
| Burial place | Plock Cathedral | ||||||
| Rod | Piast | ||||||
| Father | Zemovit III | ||||||
| Mother | Euphemia Opavskaya | ||||||
| Spouse | Alexandra | ||||||
| Children | Zemovit V Ravsky , Casimir II Belzsky , Troyden II , Vladislav I Plotsky , Alexander Mazovetsky , Jadwiga, Cymbark , Euphemia, Amelia, Anna, Maria , Ekaterina (Katarzhina) and Alexandra | ||||||
| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||
Biography
Inherited from his father ( Zemovita III , died in 1381 ) the role of a contender for the crown of Poland , where the Piast dynasty ceased with the death of Casimir the Great .
After the death of Louis of Hungary , who occupied the Polish throne under a treaty with Casimir the Great, in 1382 , Zemovit Mazowiecki, using the unrest in the country, because it was not known which of the daughters of Louis would take the throne, and the absence of any government tried to take Polish by force the throne, finding support in the Wielkopolska gentry , dissatisfied with the rule of the Lesser Poland in the reign of Louis. However, his attempt ended in failure; his second plan failed - to capture Jadwiga on her way to Krakow . After the coronation, Hadwigi Zamovit concluded a treaty with her ( 1385 ), according to which for a certain ransom, he returned all the lands seized to the kingdomless lands.
Family and children
Since 1387, he was married to Princess Alexandra Olgerdovna (c. 1360–1434), daughter of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Olgerd Gediminovich (1296–1377) and Uliana Alexandrovna Tverskaya . Their kids:
Sons:
- Zemovit V Ravsky (1389/1390 - 1442), married to Margarita Silesia-Troppau-Egerdorf
- Vladislav I Plotsky (1395/1411 - 1455), married to Anna Silesia-Yols
- Casimir II Belzsky (1396/1407-1442), married to Margarita Rough (d. 1464)
- Alexander Zemovit Mazowiecki (1400-1444), Prince-Bishop of Trient
- Troiden II (1403/1406-1427)
Daughters:
- Kimburg Mazowiecka (1394-1429), married to Ernst of Austria (1377-1424)
- Efimia Mazowiecka (1395-1447), married to Boleslaw I of Silesia-Tesin (c. 1363-1431)
- Jadwiga Mazowiecka (1393 - after 1439), married to Janos Garay († 1428)
- Amelia Mazoviecka (1396/1399 - after 1424), married since 1413 to Count Wilhelm II of Meissen (1371-1425)
- Anna Mazovetskaya (1407/1413 - 1435), married to Mikhail Boleslav of Lithuania (his first spouse)
- Mary of Mazovia (1410-1450), married to Bohuslav IX of Pomerania (c. 1407/1410 - 1446)
- Catherine Mazowiecka († 1475), married to Prince Mikhail Boleslav of Lithuania (his third spouse).
Sources
- Dymek Benon, Walka Siemowita IV o koronę polską , “Rocznik Mazowiecki”, T. 11, 1999, s. 57-82.
- Zemovit // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 tons (82 tons and 4 extra). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Princes Belzskie
- Anna Supruniuk. Siemowit IV (ok. 1352–1426) / Polski Słownik Biograficzny.— Warszawa - Kraków: Polska Akademia Nauk, Polska Akademia Umiejętności, 1996.— Tom XXXVII / 1, zeszyt 152. - S. 76-81. (polish)