Krzysztof Mikołaj "Perkūnas" Radziwiłł, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Krzysztof Mikołaj "Perkūnas" Radziwiłł

Polish-Lithuanian noble, 1547-1603

Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1547

Place of Birth: Vilnius, Vilnius County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1603

Profession: diplomat

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

For the 19th-20th Century Polish politician, see Krzysztof Mikolaj RadziwillPrince Krzysztof Mikolaj Radziwill, nicknamed "Piorun" (The Thunder) (Lithuanian: Kristupas (Mikalojus) Radvila „Perkunas“, 1547–1603) was a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was cup-bearer of Lithuania from 1569, Field Hetman of Lithuania from 1572, Castellan of Trakai, Deputy Chancellor of Lithuania from 1579, Voivode of Vilnius Voivodeship from 1584, Great Lithuanian Hetman from 1589, and Starost.Krzysztof Mikolaj Radziwill was one of the most talented commanders in the service of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the wars against Muscovy and Sweden, and won the Battle of Kokenhausen.
His achievements combined with his powerful Radziwill family backing helped him rise to his various voivode and starost offices and further increased his family's wealth.Like his father, brother, and nephew he was an ardent Calvinist, and an adherent of the Polish Reformed Church, and defended it against the rise of the Counter-Reformation.



Alternative names	Marceli Bacciarelli; Marcello bacciarelli
Description	Italian-Polish painter, draughtsman and decorator Citizen of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1768)
Date of birth/death	16 February 1731	5 January 1818
Location of birth/death	Rome	Warsaw
Work location	Dresden (1753-1764), Warsaw (1756), Vienna (1764-1766), Warsaw (1766-1818)
Authority control	: Q380717 VIAF: 69862837 ISNI: 0000 0001 1029 0177 ULAN: 500013111 LCCN: nr91030832 Open Library: OL2047008A WorldCat