Mikołaj II Radziwiłł

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Mikołaj II Radziwiłł
Mikalojus Radvila
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Mikołaj II Radziwiłł (Belarusian: Мікалай Радзівіл, Lithuanian: Mikalojus Radvila) (1470–1521), nicknamed Amor Poloniae, was a magnate and statesman of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

He obtained the title of prince from Emperor Maximilian I.[1] He was a son of

Anna Radziwiłł. Mikołaj was a progenitor of GoniądzMiadzyel Radziwiłł family line. He inherited the lands of Musninkai and Kėdainiai. Most of his acquired fortune had been confiscated from Michael Glinski—notably Rajgród, Goniądz and Knyszyn
.

He took part in the second

Reichsfürst ("Imperial Prince") of Goniądz and Myadzyel
.

Due to his pro-Polish views and arid support for the

Statute of Lithuania
.

A Lithuanian Metrica of 1511–18, from the chancellery of Lithuanian Grand Chancellor Mikołaj Radziwiłł

Marriage and issue

Mikołaj married Elźbieta Anna Sakowicz h. Pomian (daughter of the boyar Bohdan Sakowicz, who was adopted by the Pomian clan) their children were:[2]

References

  1. ^ Daniel Stone. The Polish-Lithuanian State, 1386-1795. University of Washington Press. 2001. p. 52.
  2. ^ "Genealogia dynastyczna". Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2013-12-19.