Ferdynand Radziwiłł

Politician

1834 – 1926

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Who was Ferdynand Radziwiłł?

Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwiłł was a Polish nobleman and Polish-German politician. He was the son of Ferdynand Radziwiłł and Countess Leontyna von Clary und Aldringen. Through his paternal grandmother, Princess Louise of Prussia, he was a cousin of the German Emperors. At the time Poland was partitioned, he lived in the German Empire, where he was a member of the German parliament 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.

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

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Born
Oct 19, 1834
Berlin
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Nationality
  • Germany
  • Poland
Lived in
  • Berlin
Died
Feb 28, 1926
Rome

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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