Jerzy Radziwiłł

Jerzy Radziwiłł
Jerzy Radziwiłł
Born 1480
Died April, 1541
Spouse Barbara Kiszka
Barbara Kola
Children with Barbara Kola:
Mikolaj Rudy Radziwiłł
Anna Elżbieta Radziwiłł
Barbara Radziwiłł
Parents Mikalojus Radvila
Sofija Ona Manvydaitė

Jerzy Radziwiłł (Lithuanian: Jurgis Radvila) (1480–1541) was a Lithuanian noble.

He was Deputy Cup-Bearer of Lithuania from 1510, voivode of Kiev Voivodeship from 1510, Field Hetman of Lithuania in 1521, castellan of Trakai from 1522, castellan of Vilnius from 1527, Marshal of the Court from 1528, Grand Hetman of Lithuania from 1531, Starost of Hrodna, Namiestnik of Vilnius, Maišiagala, Mereck, Utena, Mozyrsk, Lida, 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.[1] He took part in various conflicts against Muscovy, the Cossacks and the Tatars. Achieving around 30 military victories, he has been referred as the Lithuanian Hercules.

In 1526 as a member of the Lithuanian Council of Lords he unsuccessfully petitioned the Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund I the Old for the renewal of a Kingdom of Lithuania under the rule of Zygmunt's I son, Sigismund II August.[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 Zygmunt II August, which greatly strengthened the Radziwiłł family's position in Poland and Lithuania.[1]

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