Prince Karol Nikolai Radziwill ( December 5, 1886 - October 24, 1968 , Warsaw ) - Polish aristocrat , the last (13th) David-town ordinate ( 1920 - 1939 ).
| Karol Nikolay Radziwill | |||||||
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| polish Karol Mikołaj Radziwił | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Stanislav Wilhelm Radziwill | ||||||
| Successor | liquidation of ordination | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Anthony Albrecht Radziwill | ||||||
| Successor | Jerzy Nicholas Radziwill | ||||||
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| Kind | Radziwills | ||||||
| Father | Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Radziwill | ||||||
| Mother | Maria Rosa Branitskaya | ||||||
| Spouse | Isabella Radziwill | ||||||
| Children | Isabella Rose Gabriela Radziwill | ||||||
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Biography
The representative of the Polish princely family Radziwill coat of arms " Pipes ". The youngest (second) son of Prince George Friedrich Wilhelm Radziwill (1860-1914), the 15th ordinate of Nesvizh and the 12th ordinate of Kletsky , Countess Maria Rosa Branitskaya (1863-1941), daughter of Count Vladislav Mikhail Branitsky . The elder brother is Prince Anthony Albrecht Wilhelm Raphael Nikolai Radziwill (1885-1935), the 16th ordinate of Nesvizh and the 13th ordinate of Kletsky.
He graduated from the classical gymnasium in Warsaw, studied agriculture at the Jagiellonian University . In 1914 he entered the service in the Russian army. Since 1916 - commander of the squadron of the Pulawski Legion , later served in the 1st Krekhovitsky Uhlansky regiment. He was adjutant to General Jozef Dobbor-Musnicki . Since November 18, 1918 - lieutenant and squadron commander of the 12th Podolsky Uhlan Regiment. In 1919 - 1920 he fought in Ukraine, then entered the reserve with the rank of captain .
In 1920, after the death of his uncle Stanislav Wilhelm Radziwill ( 1880 - 1920 ), the 12th ordinate of David the Town (1904-1920), Karol Nikolai Radziwill inherited an ordination in David Gorodok.
He owned about 155 thousand hectares of land on which he organized exemplary hunting grounds. He lived in Mankovichi, where many of his old military comrades took refuge, arranged holidays there in honor of the 12th Lancer Regiment.
In 1939, at the beginning of the Second World War, Carol Nikolai Radziwill was mobilized into the cavalry in Lukov, then in the defense squadron of the General Staff he was in Brest , then in Polesie . He was captured near Kotsk , but was able to escape. He was able to get an Italian visa and left for Italy, and from there he moved to France. There he joined the Polish Army . After the defeat of his detachment in France, he left for London , where he continued to serve in the Polish Army. Since September 1944, he has been an inspector for troop control affairs. In 1947, Carol Radziwill emigrated to South Africa , where he led a poultry company. In 1964, the Polish division general Anders appointed him major . In 1967, with his wife Isabella Radziwill returned to his homeland.
He died on October 24, 1968 in Warsaw . He was buried in the family tomb at the cemetery in Wilanów .
Awards and orders
- Cross of the Brave (1921)
- Independence Cross
- Medal "To the participant of the war. 1918-1921 "
- Medal of War 1939-1945
Knight of Honor and Justice of the Order of Malta, Grand Knight of the Cross of Justice and Grand Prior of the Polish Order of St. Lazarus .
Family and Children
On June 9, 1910, in Krakow, he married his cousin, Princess Isabella Radziwill (August 30, 1888 - February 21, 1968), the daughter of Prince Dominic Maria Ignatz Radziwill (1852-1938) and Dolores Maria Francis de Agramonte (1854-1920). Their kids:
- Princess Isabella Rosa Gabriela Radziwill (January 4, 1915, Nesvizh - September 11, 1996, Warsaw ), husband since 1934 cousin, Prince Edmund Ferdinand Radziwill (1906-1971), son of Prince Janusz Franciszek Xavier Radziwill (1880-1967), 13- the ordinate of Olytsky, and Anna Lyubomirskaya (1882-1947).