- Janisław I
Janisław, of the
Korab coat of arms (? -December 4 ,1341 ,Łęczyca ), wasArchbishop of Gniezno 1317-41, having in 1317 succeededBorzysław I . Janisław unconditionally supported the policy of reunification of the Polish lands carried out byWładysław I the Elbow-high , whom he crownedKing of Poland onJanuary 20 ,1320 .In 1320-21 Janisław was one of the judges named by the
Pope in the lawsuit ofInowrocław opposing theTeutonic Knights on the question ofGdańsk . OnApril 25 ,1333 , Janisław crownedCasimir III of Poland , son and successor of Władysław I. InWarsaw (1339), the new lawsuit granted Poland Gdańsk against the Teutonic Knights, stating the principle that the King of Poland must rule Gdańsk on the grounds it had previously been Polish.Poland's clerical magnates — an archbishop and some 10 bishops — owned over a hundred villages and several towns which had been growing in prosperity since the foundation of the Polish church in 1000 AD.
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