1342. King Casimir and his second wife Adelaide of Hesse receive news of the serious illness of King Charles Robert of Hungary. The royal couple travels to Swidnica to meet with Duke Bolko. Jolenta returns to Wawel.
Casimir and Bolko take talks with Henry the Iron, Duke of Sagan. Niemierza agrees with Bishop Grot on further steps regarding the Teutonic Order. Casimir travels to Hungary to attend the funeral of Charles Robert, his sister's husband.
Queen Adelaide leaves Swidnica. Duchess Agnes Habsburg, Bolko's wife, tenderly cares for his niece Anna, whose mother died years ago. Nekanda's alleged cousin wants to deprive the widow Bozena, Bishop Grot's cousin, of her inheritance.
Queen Adelaide meets Jolenta and her friendliness toward her heightens the anger of the king's older daughter Elizabeth. The princess is unkind to her young stepmother. Ligeza believes that Hincza is an imposter.
King Casimir sends Bishop Grot and Niemierza on a mission to Avignon. Waclaw of Balice, another alleged relative of Nekanda, appears at court in support of Hincza. Ligeza, however, does not give up to expose the fraud.
Queen Elisabeth and her youngest son Stefan welcome her brother Casimir to Visegrad. Casimir counts on the support of the young King Louis, but he refuses to meet him. Louis feels offended that uncle didn't come to his father's funeral.
Queen Elizabeth convinces her son not to turn away from her brother. Young Louis doesn't want to look at his mother's suffering and doesn't understand why he always defends his uncle. Casimir tries to alleviate the conflict with his nephew
Casimir is disappointed that Adelaide is not pregnant. He wants to form an alliance with the Duke of Slupsk through the marriage of his elder daughter. The Queen has a frank conversation with Cudka about Jolenta's background.
Cudka has not received news from her daughter for a long time. Egle is concerned about the bloody vision she experienced. Archbishop Bogoria prepares to meet the Teutonic Knights. Jolenta is kidnapped by Arnost.
Jolenta wakes up in a Czech cottage. She is distraught when she learns what plans Arnost has for her. Nobles from Greater Poland arrive at Wawel. Casimir expects an alliance and guarantees of loyalty of Pomerania.
