Mikołaj II Radziwiłł ( lt, Mikalojus Radvila) (1470–1521), nicknamed Amor Poloniae, was a magnate and statesman of the

Grand Duchy of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was a European state that existed from the 13th century to 1795, when the territory was partitioned among the Russian Empire, the Kingdom of Prussia, and the Habsburg Empire of Austria. The state was founded by Lit ...

. He obtained the title of prince from Emperor Maximilian I. He was a son of

Mikalojus Radvilaitis 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 wa ...

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 Goniądz (; lt, Goniondas, german: Gonionds, yi, גאניאנדז, Goniondzh) is a town in Poland, located at the Biebrza river, (pop. 1,915) in Mońki county ('' Powiat of Mońki'') in Podlaskie Voivodeship in northeastern Poland. 80% of the ...

– Meteliai Radziwiłł family line. He inherited the lands of

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and

Kėdainiai Kėdainiai () is one of the oldest cities in Lithuania. It is located north of Kaunas on the banks of the Nevėžis River. First mentioned in the 1372 Livonian Chronicle of Hermann de Wartberge, its population is 23,667. Its old town dates to ...

. Most of his acquired fortune had been confiscated from

Michael Glinski Michael Lvovich Glinsky ( lt, Mykolas Glinskis, russian: Михаил Львович Глинский, pl, Michał Gliński; 1460s – 24 September 1534) was a noble from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania of distant Tatar extraction, who was also a t ...

—notably Raigardas,

and

Knyszyn Knyszyn ( be, Кнышин, yi, קנישין, translit=Knishin, lt, Knišinas) is a town in north-eastern Poland, northwest of Białystok. It is situated in the Podlaskie Voivodeship (since 1999), and was formerly in the Białystok Voivodeshi ...

. He took part in the second Muscovite–Lithuanian War of 1500–03 and other raids under leadership of

Konstanty Ostrogski Konstanty Iwanowicz Ostrogski (c. 1460 – 10 August 1530; lt, Konstantinas Ostrogiškis; uk, Костянтин Іванович Острозький, translit=Kostiantyn Ivanovych Ostrozkyi; be, Канстантын Іванавіч Ас� ...

. Mikołaj was the Podczaszy from 1505 until 1510,

Voivode of Vilnius The Voivode of Vilnius ( lt, Vilniaus vaivada, pl, wojewoda wileński) was a high-ranking officer in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania who governed the Vilnius Voivodeship from 1413. He was considered as the most influential member of the Lithuanian Cou ...

from 1507 and replaced his father as the

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from 1510. On 25 February 1518 received, as the first member of the family, the princely title from the emperor Maximilian I, as ''

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'' ("Imperial Prince") of

and Meteliai. Due to his pro-Polish views and arid support for the Polish–Lithuanian Union he was nicknamed ''Amor Poloniae'' by his contemporaries. He rivaled Albertas Goštautas for influence in the government of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and was the initial editor of the First

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Marriage and issue

Mikołaj married Elźbieta Anna Sakowicz h. Pomian (daughter of the boyar Bohdan Sakowicz, who was adopted by the Pomian clan) their children were: * Mikołaj Radziwiłł, Bishop of Samogitia * Jan Radziwiłł; married Anna Kostewicz h.

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* Zofia Radziwiłł; married Jan Zabrzeziński h.

* Stanisław Radziwiłł; married Magdalena Boner h. Boner in 1527 in

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

* Helena Radziwiłł; married Prince Jerzy Olelkowicz Słucki * Elżbieta Radziwiłł; married Prince Iwan Dubrownicki Holszański

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Radziwill, Mikolaj 1470 births 1521 deaths Mikolaj Radziwill Grand Chancellors of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Grand Marshals of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Voivode of Vilnius