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Mikołaj Radziwiłł (1470–1521)
Mikołaj Radziwiłł or Nicholas Radziwill may refer to: *Mikalojus Radvila (c. 1450–1509), Grand Chancellor of Lithuania *Mikołaj II Radziwiłł (1470–1521), Grand Chancellor of Lithuania * Mikołaj III Radziwiłł (1492–1530), Bishop of Samogitia *Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł (1512–1584), Voivode of Vilnius, Grand Chancellor and Grand Hetman of Lithuania * Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł (1515–1565), Voivode of Vilnius, Grand Chancellor and Grand Hetman of Lithuania * Mikołaj VII Radziwiłł (1546–1589), Voivode of Navahrudak *Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł Prince Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł ( lt, Mikalojus Kristupas Radvila Našlaitėlis) (2 Augustus 1549 – 28 February 1616) and nicknamed "the Orphan" ( pl, Sierotka, lt, Našlaitėlis), was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman ( szlachcic), ... (1549–1616), Grand Marshal of Lithuania, voivode of Trakai and Vilnius * Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł (1695–1715), Podstoli of Lithuania and ...
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Mikalojus Radvila
Mikalojus Radvila or Mikolaj I nicknamed ''the Old'' ( lt, Mikalojus Radvilaitis, Mikalojus II Radvila Senasis, pl, Mikołaj Radziwiłłowicz Stary, la, Nicolaus II Radziwil Priscus) (c. 1450 – 16 July 1509) was a Lithuanian noble. He was known after a patronym ''Radvilaitis'', made of his father's name Radvila, which in turn became a family name of his heirs, Radvilos, which later polonised as Radziwiłł. Mikalojus had been a regent of Smolensk from 2 December 1481; in 1483 a 10,000-strong army was summoned by him for protection of Smolensk lands. He had been the Castellan of Trakai since 31 May 1488 and regent of Novgorodok, later a regent of Bielsk Podlaski. He was the Voivod of Vilnius since 1492 and the first Grand Chancellor of Lithuania from 1504 until his death in 1509. His sons Jerzy, Mikołaj, and Jan were the progenitors of the three Radziwiłł family lines. His daughter Anna was the great-grandmother of Elizabeth Báthory Countess Elizabeth Báth ...
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Mikołaj II Radziwiłł
Mikołaj II Radziwiłł ( lt, 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. He was a son of Mikalojus Radvilaitis and among the first Radziwiłłs to carry this family name. He had brothers Jerzy Radziwiłł, Jan Radziwiłł and Wojciech Radziwiłł and sister Anna Radziwiłł. Mikołaj was a progenitor of Goniądz– Meteliai Radziwiłł family line. He inherited the lands of Musninkai and Kėdainiai. Most of his acquired fortune had been confiscated from Michael Glinski—notably Raigardas, Goniądz and Knyszyn. He took part in the second Muscovite–Lithuanian War of 1500–03 and other raids under leadership of Konstanty Ostrogski. Mikołaj was the Podczaszy from 1505 until 1510, Voivode of Vilnius from 1507 and replaced his father as the Grand Chancellor of Lithuania from 1510. On 25 February 1518 received, as the first member of ...
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Mikołaj III Radziwiłł
Mikolaj Radziwiłł ( lt, Mikalojus Radvila III) (c. 1492–1530) was the Bishop of Samogitia of Radziwill Family. He was son of Mikolaj Radziwiłł, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania Chancellor of Poland ( pl, Kanclerz - , from la, cancellarius) was one of the highest officials in the historic Poland. This office functioned from the early Polish kingdom of the 12th century until the end of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonweal .... 1490s births 1530 deaths Mikolaj 03 Lithuanian Roman Catholic bishops {{Lithuania-noble-stub ...
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Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł
Mikołaj Radziwiłł, nicknamed ''The Red'' ( Polish ''Rudy'', Lithuanian: ''Radvila Rudasis''), also known as ''Mikołaj Radziwiłł the Sixth'' (1512 – 27 April 1584), was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman, Count Palatine of Vilnius, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania, and Grand Lithuanian Hetman (from 1576) in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Together with his cousin Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł and the Radziwiłł family were granted title and position as Reichsfürst Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Mikołaj Radziwiłł spent many years as a military commander. While not the most famous of Commonwealth hetmans, under king Stefan Batory he was fairly successful in defending the eastern borders of the Commonwealth against the Muscovy. One of his most notable victories was achieved during the Battle of Ula of 1564 when his commanded forces defeated much larger Ivan the Terrible's forces. His political career was marked by his al ...
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Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł
Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł (4 February 1515 – 28 May 1565), nicknamed ''The Black'' (Polish: ''Czarny''), was a Polish- Lithuanian noble who held several administrative positions within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: Voivode of Vilnius, Grand Lithuanian Chancellor, and Grand Hetman of Lithuania. Alternate renditions of his name include lt, Mikalojus Radvila Juodasis, be, Мікалай Радзівіл Чорны, and la, Nicolaus Radvil. His first name is sometimes given in English as Nicholas. Political influence Mikołaj was able to gain much political influence thanks to the romance between his cousin Barbara Radziwiłł and the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Zygmunt II August.Peter Paul BajeShort history of the Radziwill Family This made him one of the most powerful royal advisers. Mikolaj became Marshal of Lithuania, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania, as well as Palatine of Vilnius, gained immense wealth and became the most powerful magnate in the C ...
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Mikołaj VII Radziwiłł
Mikołaj Radziwiłł, also known as ''Mikołaj Radziwiłł The Seventh'' (1546–1589) was Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire and a Polish–Lithuanian noble ( szlachcic), Great Chamberlain of Lithuania in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Voivode of Nowogródek Voivodeship, starost mozyryski and merecki. Member of the Radziwiłł family. He was a Calvinist Calvinism (also called the Reformed Tradition, Reformed Protestantism, Reformed Christianity, or simply Reformed) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Ca .... 1546 births 1589 deaths Mikolaj 07 Radziwill Polish people of the Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory Military personnel of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth {{Lithuania-noble-stub ...
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Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Orphan" Radziwiłł
Prince Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł ( lt, Mikalojus Kristupas Radvila Našlaitėlis) (2 Augustus 1549 – 28 February 1616) and nicknamed "the Orphan" ( pl, Sierotka, lt, Našlaitėlis), was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman ( szlachcic), Ordynat of Nyasvizh from 1586, Court Marshal of Lithuania from 1569, Grand Marshal of Lithuania from 1579, castellan of Trakai from 1586, voivode of Trakai Voivodeship from 1590, voivode of Vilnius Voivodeship from 1604 and governor of Šiauliai. After the treaty at Vienna in 1515 all Radziwills were Imperial Princes and he held a position as Imperial Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. Biography He was nicknamed "the Orphan", in his infancy, by the Polish king Sigismund II Augustus (while his parents were still alive). He married Halaszka Eufemia Wiśniowiecka on 24 November 1584, a Calvinist who under his influence too converted to Roman Catholicism. He took part in the Livonian War against Muscovites.Peter Paul BajeShort history ...
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Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł
Prince Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł (; 14 August 1695 in Biała Podlaska – 2 June 1715) was a Lithuanian–Polish nobleman. Mikołaj became Podstoli of Lithuania and starost of Człuchów Człuchów (, ''Człochòwo'', or ''Człëchòwò''; formerly ) is a town in the region of Gdańsk Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with 13,350 inhabitants as of December 2021. Człuchów has been the capital of Człuchów County in the Pomerani .... Noble Family He was the son of Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł and Anna Katarzyna Sanguszko. Coat of arms Trąby 1695 births 1715 deaths Mikolaj Krzysztof {{Lithuania-noble-stub ...
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