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Janusz the Young (pl: Janusz Młodszy; 1376/81 - ca. 18 October 1422), was a Polish prince member of the House of Piast.
He was the eldest son of Duke Janusz I of Warsaw and Danutė of Lithuania, a daughter of Kęstutis.
Life
In connection with his preparation to take power in Masovia, Janusz was sent to Kraków, where he resided at the court of King Władysław II Jagiełło.
Around 1400 Janusz married Katharina, a daughter of Spytek of Melsztyn, who was killed in fight with Tatars in the Battle of the Vorskla River on 12 or 16 August 1399. The main reason for the marriage between with a Piast prince with a noblewoman was the huge fortune left by her father. For her marriage, Katharina received the enormous dowry of 5,000 fines that marriage was to bring Catherine. It proved, however, that the Duchess brothers waited many years with payment of the sums due, and only in 1420 after a series of processes, decided to pay the entire amount. Catherine's dowry was secured by Janusz on goods gathered around Rose and Nura .
Janusz younger died childless in 1422 , without waiting for the extension of the Duchy of Mazovia at the hands of his father's longevity. Catherine Melsztyńska after his death remarried, for Mr. Nicholas beluga Małopolska Michałów.