Stanisław Albrecht "Stash" Radziwiłł (21 July 1914 – 27 July 1976) was a Polish diplomat, chargé d'affaires of the Polish government in exile at the

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, delegate of the

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, real estate dealer, director of

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. His parents were Janusz Franciszek, Prince Radziwiłł (1880–1967) and Anna Lubomirska (1882–1947). Stanisław had two elder brothers, Edmund Radziwiłł (1906–1971) and Ludwik Radziwiłł (1911–1928).

Marriages

Radziwiłł married Rose de Mauléon (1913–1996), on 10 April 1940, former niece-in-law of Irina Ovtchinnikova, wife of

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. They had no children and their marriage was annulled in 1945. She later married Baron de Chollet, a Swiss banker. Radziwill married Grace Maria Kolin on 2 May 1946. They were divorced in 1958. The marriage produced one son: *John Stanislaw Radziwill (8 August 1947), who married Eugenia Carras on 14 September 1978. They have two sons and four grandchildren: **John Michael Radziwill (29 August 1979) **Philip Radziwill (4 February 1981) he married Devon Schuster on 16 January 2010. They have four children: ***Eugenie Elizabeth Radziwill (24 October 2012) ***Isabella Sophia Radziwill (17 July 2014) ***Arietta Grace Radziwill (17 July 2014) ***Stanislaw Radziwill (2018) Grace Maria Kolin later married

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(1894–1969) as his third wife, and from 1975, she lived with

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. Radziwiłł married Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield on 19 March 1959. They had two children: *

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(4 August 1959 – 10 August 1999) he married Carole Ann DiFalco on 27 August 1994. *Anna Christina "Tina" Radziwill (18 August 1960) she married Octavio Arancio in September 1999 and they were divorced in 2005.

Later life

Radziwiłł was one of the organisers of the Sikorski Historical Institute in

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and founder of St. Anne's Church at

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, the site of Divine Mercy College, a school for boys of Polish origin, set up by the

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in 1953 near

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, England. He died on 27 July 1976, in

, six days after his 62nd birthday. His body was interred in the crypt of St Anne's Church at

Title

According to

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although known as ''Prince Radziwiłł'' in Britain, on becoming a British subject and in keeping with standard practice, Radziwiłł strictly needed permission from

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to use his princely title. The Radziwiłł family held the title of honorary

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since the early 16th century. However, noble titles were abolished in Poland and Austria.

Ancestry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radziwill, Stanislaw 1914 births 1976 deaths 20th-century nobility Bouvier family People from London People from Rivne Polish princes Polish Roman Catholics Stanislaw Polish emigrants to the United Kingdom

Marriages

Later life

Title

Ancestry

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