Jerzy Radziwiłł
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| Mother | Sofija Ona Manvydaitė |
Jerzy Radziwiłł (Lithuanian: Jurgis Radvila; 1480 – April 1541), nicknamed "Herkules", was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman.
He was
Skidal, Bielica, Kryńsk and Oziersk. He was a progenitor of the Biržai–Dubingiai (also known as Protestant
) Radziwiłł family line.
He was renowned for his military achievements and as a talented politician..
In 1526 as a member of the
Sigismund the Old's son, Sigismund II Augustus.[1] In the 1530s, acting with his brother Jan Radziwiłł, he was in almost total control of Lithuania's internal affairs.[1]
As a member of influential
Radziwiłł family, Jerzy worked to increase his family estate.[1] With his death it was inherited by his only son Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł.[1] He had two daughters, of which the younger Barbara Radziwiłł became mistress and later queen to King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund Augustus, which greatly strengthened the Radziwiłł family's position in Poland and Lithuania.[1]
Marriage and issue
He married
- Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł (1512–1584), who would later become Grand Hetman of Lithuania, married to Katarzyna Tomicka from Iwno h. Łodzia
- Anna Elżbieta Radziwiłł (1518–1558), married Symeon Holszański Dubrowicki h. Hipocentaur and marszałek of Volhynia Piotr Kiszka h. Dąbrowa (died 1550) in 1548
- king of Poland Sigismund II Augustus and was crowned the queen consort the following year, despite protests by the Sejmand the Senate
References
- ^ a b c d e f Peter Paul Bajer Short history of the Radziwiłł Family Archived 2006-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Genealogia dynastyczna". Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-19.
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