Board member of Calvinist | Name Krzysztof "the | |
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Born 1547 Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania Died 20 November 1603
Lososna, Kingdom of Poland Spouse(s) Katarzyna Sobek z Sulejowka h. Brochwicz
Katarzyna Ostrogska
Katarzyna Teczynska
Elzbieta Ostrogska Children with Katarzyna Ostrogska:
Janusz Radziwill
with Katarzyna Teczynska:
Krzysztof Radziwill
Halaszka Radziwill Parent(s) Mikolaj "the Red" Radziwill
Katarzyna Tomicka-Iwinska | ||
Prince Krzysztof Mikolaj Radziwill, nicknamed The Thunderbolt (Piorun) (Lithuanian: Kristupas (Mikalojus) Radvila "Perkunas", 1547–1603) was a Reichsfurst of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
He was Cup-bearer of Lithuania from 1569, Field Hetman of Lithuania from 1572, Castellan of Trakai, Deputy Chancellor of Lithuania from 1579, Voivode of Vilnius Voivodeship from 1584, Great Lithuanian Hetman from 1589, and Starost.
Krzysztof Mikolaj Radziwill was one of the most talented commanders in the service of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the wars against Muscovy and Sweden, and won the Battle of Kokenhausen. His achievements combined with his powerful Radziwill family backing helped him rise to his various voivode and starost offices and further increased his family's wealth.
Like his father, brother, and nephew he was an ardent Calvinist, and an adherent of the Polish Reformed Church, and defended it against the rise of the Counter-Reformation.
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