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Mikołaj II Radziwiłł (Belarusian: Мікалай Радзівіл, Lithuanian: Mikalojus Radvila) (1470–1521), nicknamed Amor Poloniae, was a magnate and statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He obtained the title of prince from Emperor Maximilian I.
La donación a la Custodia proviene de un primo segundo de Barbara, Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł, apodado «el huérfano» por el propio Segismundo II Augusto Jagellón. Mikołaj se convirtió del calvinismo al catolicismo e hizo una peregrinación a Tierra Santa en 1583, de la cual permanece un detallado relato publicado en polaco y en ...
Mikołaj Radziwiłł, nicknamed The Red (Polish Rudy, Lithuanian: Radvila Rudasis, Belarusian: Мікалай Радзівіл Руды), also known as Mikołaj Radziwiłł the Sixth (1515 – 27 April 1584), was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman, voivode of Vilnius, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania (since 1566), and Grand Lithuanian Hetman ...
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The Radziwiłł family is a directly descended branch of the extinct Lithuanian noble Astikai family line. Its first notable member, Kristinas Astikas (born 1363), a close associate of the Lithuanian ruler Vytautas, became Castellan of Vilnius. The patronym Radvila arose following its use by his son Radvila Astikas and grandson Mikalojus Radvila. A l...
Kristinas Astikas, ancestor of the Radziwiłł family, was among these who were granted and adopted the emblem known as Trąby after the Union of Horodłoin 1413. This emblem later became the hereditary coat of arms of the Radziwiłłs. In 1518, Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I created Mikalojus Radvila's son, Mikołaj, Reichsfürst ("Imperial Prince") of G...
The Radziwiłł family also divided on religious grounds. Following the Protestant and Polish Reformation, two branches converted to Calvinism. One branch, the Nesvizh–Kletsk-Olyka line, remained as Calvinists for two generations until the children of Mikołaj "the Black" converted to Roman Catholicismbefore the end of the century. The Biržai-Dubingia...
Several prominent family members have been involved in domestic and foreign political arenas. They took an active part in the political life of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Its importance is manifested by family relations with such famous nobility dynasties in Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, the Great Duchy of Lithuania, Samogitia, and Rus like Zaslawsk...
Prince Antoni Radziwiłłwas a music and art aficionado and he transformed his properties in Berlin to serve as artistic salons, where aristocrats mingled among artists, painters and composers. Radziwiłł's Berlin properties hosted frequent amateur theatre play productions. Another property Antoni Radziwiłł owned in Prussian-Poland was Antonin, a hunt...
The family acquired and maintained great wealth and influence from the 15th–16th century until 1939, when the Second World War started. The Radziwiłł family reached the heights of its importance and power during the Polish Golden Age. However, due to the activities of Janusz Radziwiłł during The Deluge, a series of mid-17th-century campaigns in the...
Over the generations the family members have resided in some notable historic homes. The Radziwiłł family owned a total of 23 palaces. Some of the more prominent of these are: 1. Residential castles of the Radziwiłł family 2. Nesvizh Castle(Nieśwież) 3. Olyka Castle 4. Mir Castle 5. Biržai Castle 6. Nieborów Palace 7. Radziwiłł Palace in Balice 8. ...
The Radziwiłł family members include: 1. Mikalojus Radvila, c. 1450–1509, voivode, chancellor 2. Mikołaj II Radziwiłł, 1470–1521, chancellor 3. Jerzy Radziwiłł, 1480–1541, hetman, voivode, castellan, marshal 4. Mikołaj III Radziwiłł, c. 1492–1530, Bishop of Samogitia 5. Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, 1512–1584, hetman, chancellor 6. Mikołaj "the Blac...
Prince Hieronim Mikołaj Radziwiłł and Archduchess Renata, 1909In Radziwiłł family. His son Mikołaj II (1470–1522) succeeded him in both offices; an advocate of closer ties between Lithuania and Poland, he was made a prince of the Holy Roman Empire by Maximilian I, who hoped to make him change his policy.
Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł książę herbu Trąby, zwany Sierotką (ur. 2 sierpnia 1549 w Ćmielowie, zm. 28 lutego 1616 w Nieświeżu) – wojewoda wileński od 1604, wojewoda trocki od 1590, kasztelan trocki od 1586, marszałek wielki litewski w latach 1579–1586, marszałek nadworny litewski od 1569, starosta szawelski, dyrektor trockiego sejmiku przedsej...
His son Mikołaj II (1470–1522) succeeded him in both offices; an advocate of closer ties between Lithuania and Poland, he was made a prince of the Holy Roman Empire by Maximilian I, who hoped to make him change his policy.
