Esterke

subject · http://data.judaicalink.org/data/yivo/esterke

This record is one of the sources of the entity page Esterke.

From ls-yivo-wikidata

described at: https://yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Esterke
has abstract: Heroine of a Polish and Jewish folk legend about a Jewish woman’s relationship with Casimir the Great, King of Poland (r. 1310–1370). According to the chronicle of Jan Długosz (1415–1480), Esterke was Casimir’s mistress who persuaded him to invite Jews to Poland; he also granted them extensive privileges. The story claims that the couple had four children, two boys raised as Christians and two girls raised as Jews. In 1334, Casimir did, in fact, extend privileges that had been first granted by Bolesław of Kalisz. @en
title: Esterke
alternative label: Esterke
preferred label: Esterke
has related: Agnon, Shemu’el Yosef
has related: Gans, David ben Shelomoh
has related: Kalisz
has related: About this Article (Lublin)
has related: About this Article (Poland)
has related: Purim-shpil
has related: Radom