Ferdynand Radziwiłł

Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwiłł (1834 in Berlin – 1926 in Rome) was a Polish nobleman and Polish-German politician.

Ferdynand Radziwiłł
Ferdynand Radziwiłł c. 1914
Born
Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwiłł

(1834-10-19)19 October 1834
Berlin
Died28 February 1926(1926-02-28) (aged 91)
Rome
Spouse(s)Pelagia Sapieha
Childrenwith Pelagia Sapieha:
Michał Władysław "Rudy" Radziwiłł
Zygmunt Radziwiłł
Karol Ferdynand Radziwiłł
Maria Malgorzata Radziwiłł
Janusz Franciszek Radziwiłł
Parent(s)Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł
Leontyna Gabriela Clary et Aldringen

He was the son of Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł and Countess Leontyna von Clary und Aldringen. Through his paternal grandmother, Princess Louise of Prussia, he was a cousin of Russian and German Emperors. At the time Poland was partitioned, he lived in the German Empire, where he was a member of the German parliament (Reichstag) from 1874 to 1919. He was known as an important leader of the Polish minority and opponent of the Germanization and Kulturkampf policies. After Poland regained independence in 1918, he became a Polish citizen and a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm).

Son of: Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł. Father of: Janusz Franciszek Radziwiłł, Michał Radziwiłł Rudy, Karol Ferdynand Radziwiłł, Małgorzata.

Ancestry


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