BB, Poland, king Wladyslaw Lokietek (Elbow-high), Olszewska-Borys

Description: This medal is a part of my Polish medals collection Visit my page with the offers, please. You will find many interesting items related to this subject. If you are interested in other medals, related to this subject, click here, please. Poland; Rulers Medieval Motives Religion; Saints Historic Battles Poland; History Religious; Czestochowa Teutonic Order Deutscher Orden The Royal Series of Ewa Olszewska-Borys Artist – Ewa Olszewska Borys (the winner of the prestigious Saltus Award), FIDEM- member since 1969, Vice-President of FIDEM (1987-2000) That series consists of 43 medals; I can offer the complete Royal Series. If you are interested, please, contact me. The Royal Series is represented in the collection of the BRITISH MUSEUM and the VATICAN MUSEUM. The “Royal Series” designed by Ewa Olszewska-Borys was emitted in 1985-2003 upon the initiative of the Koszalin Branch of the Polish Numismatic Society. The series is composed of 43 medals (70 mm), struck in tombac, silver-plated and patina versions, and in finest silver. The number of some of the medals from the series exceeded 3000 copies although some have been minted in very low nomber and they are still sought by collectors. The obverses of the medals depicting the royal portraits were based on the “Gallery of Kings and Dukes” drawn by Jan Matejko, the great Polish nineteenth-century historical painter. These portraits appear in an illusive, spatial relief, typical for the author. An equally spatial treatment, symptomatic for sculpture, was applied in the case of architecture, visible on the reverses, usually sacral and historically associated with a given ruler or originating from the time of his reign. Ewa Olszewska-Borys spent eighteen years working on a royal portrait gallery, executing successively two or three medals annually. The series is artistically cohesive and authentic owing to the fact that was created in a natural manner, parallel to the other works of the author, and in accordance with her own sculpture vision, stemming from a perception of space, included into the arrangement of forms and endowed with a concrete, material shape. Polish King Władysław the Short or Elbow-high (Polish: Władysław I Łokietek), 1261 - 1331 Władysław the Short or Elbow-high (or Ladislaus I of Poland) (Polish: Władysław I Łokietek) (born 1261 died 1333) was a King of Poland. He was a - Duke till 1300, and Prince of Kraków from 1305 until his coronation January 20, 1320. av. King Wladislaw Lokietek rv. The Cathedral in Wawel, Krakow diameter - 70 mm (2 ¾ “) weight – 137.90 gr, (4.86 0z) metal – bronze Royal titles Title before coronation: Wladislaus Dei gracia, dux Regni Poloniae et dominus Pomeraniae, Cuiavie, Lanciciae ac Siradiae English translation: Vladislaus by God's grace duke of the Kingdom of Poland, and lord of Pomerania, Kuyavia, Łęczyca and Sieradz Royal title after coronation: Wladislaus Dei gracia, rex Poloniae et dominus Pomeraniae, Cuiavie, Lanciciae ac Siradiae English translation: Vladislaus by God's grace king of Poland, and lord of Pomerania, Kuyavia, Łęczyca and Sieradz Later histories refer to him also as Wladislaw IV or Wladislaw I. There is no records to show that he actually used any regnal number. Both numerals are retrospective assignments by later historians. IV comes from him being the fourth of that name to rule as overlord of the Polish, since Wladislaw I Herman. I comes from him having restored the monarchy after a fragmented era of a century or more, and also backwards-counting from Wladislaw of Varna who officially used III and Wladislaw Vasa who officially used IV. Biography The 12th and 13th centuries were times of adversity for Poland. In 1138 the kingdom, which had been growing in strength under the rule of the Piast dynasty, encountered an obstacle which impeded its development for nearly two hundred years. In the will of King Bolesław Krzywousty, Poland was divided into five provinces - Silesia, Mazovia with Cuiavia, Greater Poland, the part of Pomerania around the City of Gdańsk, the Sandomierz Region, and Lesser Poland, the 'senior palatinate', comprising the areas around Krakow, Łęczyca, and Sieradz. To prevent his four sons from quarrelling, Boleslaus granted one province to each of them, and the fifth one, the senior palatinate, was to be given to the eldest brother on the grounds of primogeniture. The reason for such a decision was not only to forestall dynastic feuds, but also to prevent the disintegration of the kingdom. However, it proved an inadequate solution, and started nearly two centuries of what it had sought to counteract - constant fighting and disorder. It came to an end thanks to Władysław Łokietek, the monarch who has come down in history as the restorer of a United Kingdom of Poland. Wladyslaw was born circa 1260 as the third son of Kazimierz I Kujawski, Duke of Łęczyca, Sieradz and Cuiavia. After the death of his father, he inherited Cuiavia, while the remaining two duchies went to his brothers, Leszek Czarny (the Black) and Kazimierz II of Łęczyca. However, following the deaths of both brothers, the entire inheritance passed to Wladyslaw, who began the task of re-uniting the Kingdom of Poland. His next step was to win Lesser Poland, for which he had to contest the local prince, Przemysław II. Following Przemyslaw's death in 1290, Wladyslaw proclaimed himself his successor and established himself in Lesser Poland, as well as in Pomerania. Unfortunately, he had to defer to Waclaw II of Bohemia, who had the support of the local lords. However, Wladyslaw enjoyed the support of the Lesser Polish peasants, knights and part of the clergy who preferred a prince from the domestic Piast dynasty. Thus, in 1304 Wladyslaw entered and occupied Lesser Poland with an army of his supporters, which, according to the 15th-century historian Jan Długosz, consisted of more peasants than knights. He also conquered Pomerania around Gdańsk, but since he did not win the favour of the local lords and settlers from Brandenburg who had migrated to that area, he was forced to give up the idea of complete control of the Baltic coast. By 1311 Wladyslaw was already in power in Lesser Poland and his Cuiavian patrimony. Despite a rebellion by the German patricians of Krakow and Sandomierz, he was able to hold these cities thanks to the support of the nobility, gentry and townsfolk. Three years later, Greater Poland also came under his rule. However, this did not mean the end of his problems, as John of Luxemburg, King of Bohemia, also claimed the succession to the Polish crown. In alliance with the Teutonic Order, he attacked Poland from the north and west, while the Brandenburgians attempted to capture Greater Poland. Nonetheless, Wladyslaw managed to maintain his dominions. In 1318 he embarked on a coronation campaign. The pope, though initially unwilling, finally granted his approval and Wladislaw was crowned King of Poland on 30 January 1320 in Krakow. The coronation was a sign that he had cleared Poland's internal fragmentation and re-united and re-instated the country as an independent kingdom. Lokietek endeavored to establish a uniform legal code throughout the land. With the general laws he assured the Jews safety and freedom and placed them on equality with the Christians. Wladyslaw the Short died on 2 March 1333 in Cracow. Although his son, Casimir III the Great, inherited only Lesser Poland, the Duchy of Sandomierz, Greater Poland, Cuiavia, and the Duchies of Łęczyca and Sieradz; while Silesia and the Land of Lubusz to the west, along with Gdańskian Pomerania, Western Pomerania, and Mazovia the north remained beyond the Kingdom's borders, Wladyslaw's reign was a major step on the road to restoration of the Kingdom of Poland. In historic Poland, an ell was a measure of length. 1 ell equalled 0.78 metres. Due to his short stature, the king was nicknamed 'Łokietek', which is a diminutive of the word 'łokieć' (ell, elbow). Artist – Ewa Olszewska-Borys (the winner of the prestigious J. Sanford Saltus Award award) Graduated in sculpture from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and in medal engraving from the Ecole des Beaux- Arts in Paris. Has received the Wlodzimiers Pietrzak Artistic Award (Warsaw, 1989), the J. Sanford Saltus Award for Signal Achievements in the Arts of the Medal (New York, 1993). FIDEM- member since 1969 You can see this medal on her webpage. http://www.kunstmedaille.de/olszewska-borys/index.html From the interviwe with the artist “It was a unique adventure. In 1997, the secretary to Paola, the Queen of Belgians, addressed several artists with the request to submit medals to celebrate Her Majesty's sixtieth birthday. The Queen chose my medal and, pleased with my work, expressed the wish to see me. She suggested me spending a weekend at Saint-Tropez. Regrettably I was unable to go for family reasons. I was convinced the Queen would forget about me, but the invitation was resumed several months later. I went to Brussels and was received by the Queen at a long private audience, as long as an hour (apparently an unprecedented lengthy in the Royal palace. Amiably straightforward, the Queen spoke about the art of the medal with expertness and showed much interest in my work. In a letter received later on, Her Majesty thanked me for the medal made for her.”

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