Elżbieta Szydłowiecka () (b. 1533, d. 1562) was a Polish–Lithuanian Calvinist

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heiress. She was the youngest daughter of Court and Great

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Krzysztof Szydłowiecki Krzysztof Szydłowiecki (1467–1532) was a Polish noble (szlachcic), magnate, and Count of Szydłowiec. He was courtier since 1496, Podstoli of Kraków, Treasurer and Marshal of the Court of Prince Zygmunt since 1505, Podkomorzy of Kr ...

and Zofia Tagrowicka h. Tarnawa. She was born in 1533. She married Chancellor,

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and

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Mikołaj Krzysztof "the Black" Radziwiłł on 12 February 1548. Szydłowiecka died in 1562.

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* Jerzy Kierzkowski, Kanclerz Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, t. 1, Poznań 1912, s. 308 * 1533 births 1562 deaths Elzbieta People from Szydłowiec Radziwiłł family {{Poland-noble-stub