Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł

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Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł

Born	1547 Vilnius, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Died	20 November 1603 Łosośna, Kingdom of Poland
Board member of	Calvinist^{[clarification needed]}
Spouse(s)	Katarzyna Sobek z Sulejówka h. Brochwicz Katarzyna Ostrogska Katarzyna Tęczyńska Elżbieta Ostrogska
Children	with Katarzyna Ostrogska: Janusz Radziwiłł with Katarzyna Tęczyńska: Krzysztof Radziwiłł Halaszka Radziwiłł
Parent(s)	Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł Katarzyna Tomicka-Iwińska

Prince Krzysztof Radziwiłł, epithet "Piorun" ("Lightning") (Lithuanian: Kristupas Radvila „Perkūnas“, 1547–1603) was a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire and a member of the nobility of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.^[1]

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; Lithuanian Grand Hetman from 1589; and Starost.^[1]

Life

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Radziwiłł was one of the most talented commanders in the service of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the wars against Muscovy and Sweden, and won the Battle of Kokenhausen.^[1] He received the epithet Polish: Piorun / Lithuanian: Perkūnas (translated as "Lightning" or "Thunderbolt") for his deadly and very successful cavalry raids against Ivan the Terrible's forces in Russian Tsardom territory during the Livonian War, forcing it to capitulate.^{[citation needed]}

His achievements, combined with his powerful Radziwiłł family backing, helped him rise to his various voivode and starost offices and further increased his family's wealth.^[1]

Like his father, brother, and nephew, he was an ardent Calvinist and adherent of the Polish Reformed Church, and defended it against the rise of the Counter-Reformation.^[1]

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Kristupas Radvila Perkūnas". vle.lt. Retrieved 16 November 2019.

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v t e Lithuanian Grand Hetmans
15th century	Petras Jonaitis Mantigirdaitis Konstanty Ostrogski
16th century	Semyon Olshanski Stanislovas Kęsgaila Stanisław Kiszka Konstanty Ostrogski Jerzy Radziwiłł Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł Hrehory Chodkiewicz Krzysztof Radziwiłł
17th century	Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Lew Sapieha Krzysztof Radziwiłł Janusz Kiszka Janusz Radziwiłł Paweł Jan Sapieha Michał Kazimierz Pac Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Kazimierz Jan Sapieha
18th century	Jan Kazimierz Sapieha Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński Ludwik Pociej Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Michał Radziwiłł Michał Józef Massalski Michał Kazimierz Ogiński Szymon Marcin Kossakowski

v t e Lithuanian Field Hetmans
16th century	Jerzy Radziwiłł Andrzej Niemirowicz Grzegorz Chodkiewicz Roman Sanguszko Krzysztof Mikołaj "Perkūnas" Radziwiłł
17th century	Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Krzysztof Radziwiłł Janusz Kiszka Janusz Radziwiłł Wincenty Gosiewski Michał Kazimierz Pac Władysław Wołłowicz Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger Jan Jacek Ogiński Józef Bogusław Słuszka
18th century	Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki Ludwik Pociej Stanisław Ernest Denhoff Michał "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł Michał Józef Massalski Aleksander Michał Sapieha Józef Sylwester Sosnowski Ludwik Tyszkiewicz Szymon Marcin Kossakowski Józef Zabiełło

v t e Lithuanian Vice-Chancellors
16th century	Mikołaj Radziwiłł Krzysztof Radziwiłł Eustachy Wołłowicz Lew Sapieha
17th century	Kazimierz Leon Sapieha Stefan Pac Dominik Mikołaj Radziwiłł Paweł Stefan Sapieha Krzysztof Zygmunt Pac Stefan Pac Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł Kazimierz Jan Sapieha Aleksander Krzysztof Naruszewicz Stanisław Antoni Szczuka
18th century	Kazimierz Czartoryski Michał Antoni Sapieha Antoni Przeździecki Ludwik Plater Michał Fryderyk Czartoryski Joachim Chreptowicz

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