Mikołaj Radziwiłł the Red

For other people with the name of Mikolaj Radziwiłł, see Mikołaj Radziwiłł (disambiguation).
Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł
19th-century portrait
Born1512
Nyasvizh (present-day Belarus)
Died28 April 1584 (aged 71–72)
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Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
BuriedDubingiai, Lithuania
Noble familyRadziwiłł
SpouseKatarzyna Tomicka-Iwińska
Issuewith Katarzyna Tomicka-Iwińska:
Mikołaj Radziwiłł
Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł
FatherJerzy Radziwiłł
MotherBarbara Kolanka

Mikołaj Radziwiłł, nicknamed the Red (Polish Rudy, Lithuanian: Radvila Rudasis; 1512 – 28 April 1584), was a Polish–Lithuanian nobleman who served as the voivode of Vilnius, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania (since 1566), and Grand Lithuanian Hetman (1553–1566 and since 1576) in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Together with his cousin Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł and the Radziwiłł family, they were granted title and position as Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

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