Noble family Radziwill Died July 16, 1509 Parents Radvila Astikas | Mother Eudoxia Radziwill Grandparents Kristinas Astikas Name Mikalojus the | |
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Spouse(s) Sofija Ona ManvydaiteZofia ZaslawskaFiedora Rohatynska Children Mikolaj II Radziwill, Jerzy Radziwill, Anna Radziwill, Jan Radziwill Grandchildren Mikolaj "the Black" Radziwill Similar People Radvila Astikas, Jerzy Radziwill, Mikolaj "the Black" Radziwill, Mikolaj "the Red" Radziwill, Kristinas Astikas | ||
Mikalojus Radvila or Mikolaj I nicknamed the Old (Lithuanian: Mikalojus Radvilaitis, Mikalojus II Radvila Senasis, Latin: Nicolaus II Radziwil Priscus) (c. 1450 – 16 July 1509) was a Lithuanian noble. He was known after a patronym Radvilaitis, made of his father's name Radvila, which in turn became a family name of his heirs, Radvilos, later Polonised as Radziwiłł.
Mikalojus had been a regent of Smolensk from 2 December 1481; in 1483 a 10,000-strong army was summoned by him for protection of Smolensk lands. He had been the Castellan of Trakai since 31 May 1488 and regent of Novgorodok, later a regent of Bielsk Podlaski. He was the Voivod of Vilnius since 1492 and the first Grand Chancellor of Lithuania from 1504 until his death in 1509. His sons Jerzy/Jurgis, Mikojal/Mikalojus and Jan/Jonas were the progenitors of the three Radziwill family lines.