Mikołaj II Radziwiłł (
Belarusian: Мікалай Радзівіл, ) (1470–1521), nicknamed Amor Poloniae, was a magnate and statesman of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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.
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
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. He had brothers
Jerzy Radziwiłł,
Jan Radziwiłł and
Wojciech Radziwiłł and sister
Anna Radziwiłł. Mikołaj was a progenitor of
Goniądz–
Miadzyel Radziwiłł family line. He inherited the lands of
Musninkai and
Kėdainiai
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. Most of his acquired fortune had been confiscated from
Michael Glinski—notably
Rajgród,
Goniądz and
Knyszyn.
He took part in the second
Muscovite–Lithuanian War of 1500–03 and other raids under leadership of
Konstanty Ostrogski
Konstanty Iwanowicz Ostrogski ( – 10 August 1530) was a Ruthenian prince and magnate of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He later had the title of grand hetman of Lithuania from 11 September 1497 until his death in 1530.
Career
Ostrogski began ...
. 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 the family, the princely title from the emperor
Maximilian I, as ''
Reichsfürst
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Definition
Originally, possessors of the princely title bore it as immediate vassal ...
'' ("Imperial Prince") of
Goniądz and
Myadzyel.
Due to his pro-Polish views and arid support for the
Polish–Lithuanian Union Polish–Lithuanian can refer to:
* Polish–Lithuanian union (1385–1569)
* Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)
* Polish-Lithuanian identity as used to describe groups, families, or individuals with histories in the Polish–Lithuania ...
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
Statute of Lithuania.
Marriage and issue
Mikołaj married Elźbieta Anna Sakowicz h.
Pomian (daughter of the
boyar
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Bohdan Sakowicz, who was
adopted by the
Pomian clan) their children were:
*
Mikołaj Radziwiłł, Bishop of Samogitia
*
Jan Radziwiłł; married Anna Kostewicz h.
Leliwa
* Zofia Radziwiłł; married
Jan Zabrzeziński h.
Leliwa
* Stanisław Radziwiłł; married Magdalena Boner h. Boner in 1527 in
Kraków
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* Helena Radziwiłł; married
Prince Jerzy Olelkowicz Słucki
* Elżbieta Radziwiłł; married
Prince Iwan Dubrownicki Holszański
References
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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