Janusz Radziwiłł
Deceased Person
1579 – 1620
Who was Janusz Radziwiłł?
Janusz Radziwiłł, was a noble and magnate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was the deputy cup-bearer of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1599, the castellan of Vilnius since 1619, and the starost of Borysów. Radziwiłł also held the title of Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire.
He married Zofia Olelkowicz Słucka on 1 October 1600. She died in 1612, and was canonized by the Belarusian Orthodox Church as saint Sofia of Slutsk thanks to her charity and miracles on the grave. Zofia's large estate contributed to the already significant Radziwłł's wealth. His second marriage was to Elisabeth Sofie of Brandenburg, daughter of John George, Elector of Brandenburg, on 27 March 1613 in Berlin.
It was during Radziwiłł's life that the interests between his family and the Polish Crown began to drift apart, as the Radziwiłłs sought to increase their wealth and power, safeguard Protestantism and support ethnically Lithuanian culture.
In 1606 he joined the opposition against King Sigismund III Vasa and became one of the leaders of the Zebrzydowski's Rokosz. This confederatio, an armed and legal rebellion, was aimed at weakening the king.
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- Born
- Jul 2, 1579
Vilnius - Also known as
- Радзивилл, Януш
- Parents
- Spouses
- Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill
(1600/10/01 - 1612/03/19) - Elisabeth Sofie von Brandenburg
(1613/03/27 - ) - Elisabeth Sofie von Brandenburg
- Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill
- Children
- Religion
- Calvinism
- Died
- Dec 3, 1620
Czarlin
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on July 23, 2013
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