Marriage and Issue
Casimir married Maria Dobroniega (ca. 1012–1087), daughter of Grand Duke Vladimir I of Kiev. There is no consensus among historians where it was happened. Władymir D. Koroliuk said that it was in 1039, Aleksej A. Szachmatow and Iwan Linniczenko 1041, while Dymitr S. Lichaczew 1043.
They had five children:
- Bolesław II the Bold (ca. 1043 – 2/3 April 1081/82).
- Władysław I Herman (ca. 1044 – 4 June 1102)
- Mieszko (16 April 1045 – 28 January 1065).
- Otto (ca. 1046–1048).
- Świętosława (ca. 1048 – 1 September 1126), married ca. 1062 to Duke (from 1085, King) Vratislaus II of Bohemia.
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