Mikołaj Radziwiłł, also known as ''Mikołaj Radziwiłł The Seventh'' (1546–1589) was
Reichsfürst
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (, , cf. ''Fürst'') was a title attributed to a hereditary ruler, nobleman or prelate recognised by the Holy Roman Emperor.
Definition
Originally, possessors of the princely title bore it as immediate vassal ...
of the
Holy Roman Empire
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and a
Polish–Lithuanian noble (
szlachcic
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), Great Chamberlain of Lithuania in the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
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and later in
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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.
Voivode
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of
Nowogródek Voivodeship,
starost
Starosta or starost (Cyrillic: ''старост/а'', Latin: ''capitaneus'', ) is a community elder in some Slavic lands.
The Slavic root of "starost" translates as "senior". Since the Middle Ages, it has designated an official in a leadersh ...
mozyryski and merecki. Member of the
Radziwiłł family. He was a
Calvinist
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.
1546 births
1589 deaths
Mikolaj 07 Radziwill
Polish people of the Livonian campaign of Stephen Báthory
Military personnel of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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