Prince Anthony Wilhelm Frederik Augustus Nikolay Radziwill ( German: Anton von Radziwill ; Polish. Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł ) ( July 31, 1833 , Teplice - December 16, 1904 , Berlin ) - Polish aristocrat , Prussian artillery general ( 1889 ). The 14th ordinate of Nesvizh (from 1870), the 11th ordinate of Kletsk, and the 11th ordinate of David-Gorodok (from 1874).
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| Predecessor | Friedrich Wilhelm Radziwill | |||||||||||
| Successor | Jerzy Friedrich Radziwill | |||||||||||
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| Predecessor | Leon Radziwill | |||||||||||
| Successor | Jerzy Friedrich Radziwill | |||||||||||
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| Predecessor | Leon Radziwill | |||||||||||
| Successor | Stanislav Wilhelm Radziwill | |||||||||||
| Birth | July 31, 1833 Greenhouse , Silesia | |||||||||||
| Death | December 16, 1904 (71 year) Berlin , Prussia | |||||||||||
| Rod | Radziwills | |||||||||||
| Father | Friedrich Wilhelm Radziwill | |||||||||||
| Mother | Matilda Christine Clary-Aldringen | |||||||||||
| Spouse | Maria Dorothea Elizabeth Machese de Castellane | |||||||||||
| Children | Jerzy Friedrich , Elzhbeta, Elena, Stanislav Wilhelm | |||||||||||
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Biography
Representative of the Lithuanian princely family of the Radzivils coat of arms " Pipe ". The eldest son of the prince and Prussian general Friedrich Wilhelm Radziwill (1797–1870), the 13th ordinate of Nesvizh , from a second marriage with the Czech princess Matilde Christine Clary-Aldringen (1806–1896).
Since 1852, in military service in the Prussian army. In 1858 - 1861 he studied at the Prussian Military Academy . Participant of Prussia’s wars with Austria (1866) and France (1870–1871) .
In 1856, Prince Anthony Radziwill accompanied the Prince of Prussia during the coronation of Russian Emperor Alexander II Nikolayevich in Moscow. With the rank of captain he served in the general staff of the Prussian army during the war with Austria in 1866 .
In his palace, which was considered a famous salon in Berlin , he often received Polish guests and politicians from the Catholic Centrist Party. Since 1885 - Adjutant General of the German Emperor Wilhelm I , retained his position during the short reign of Frederick III . In 1888, after William II took the throne, he was dismissed from the post of adjutant general .
Since 1871 - life member of the upper chamber of the Prussian Reichstag - "House of Lords".
The composition estates Anthony William Radziwill included: Nesvizhskaya , Kletskaya and David-Gorodok ordination, sverzhenskie name (obtained instead Mirsky County under contract 1834 goda between Radziwill and Prince Ludwik (Lev Petrovich) Wittgenstein ), County Timkovichi , estates Hresk , Stałovičy , Potseyki , Butch and Chudin (the last two estates were purchased by Anthony Wilhelm themselves). The prince had capital in securities, which was kept in Berlin at the depot of the Schickler brothers firm. His property also counted as 100 shares of the company “Union de la Presse Hispano-Americaine”, which were kept in Paris at the Boucher Boran depot and annually paid dividends of 1,000 francs. Also, the prince had a mortgage claim for 100 thousand marks on the security of the Klein-Krych estate, which belonged to his nephew Lev and Anton Rzhishchevsky.
The wife of Anthony Radziwill initiated the revival of the Nesvizh Castle, created a park complex next to it, assembled a significant library in the castle.
Family and children
On October 3, 1857, in Sagan, he married Marie Dorothea Elizabeth de Castellane ( February 19, 1840 - July 10, 1915 ), the daughter of Enrico de Castellane (1814–1847) and Paulina de Talleyrand (1820–1890). Their kids:
- Prince Jerzy Friedrich Wilhelm Pavel Nikolai (January 11, 1860, Paris - January 21, 1914, Paris ), the 15th ordinate of Nesvizh and the 12th ordinate of Kletsk
- Princess Elzhbeta Matilda Maria (November 1, 1861, Berlin - May 13, 1950, Lausanne ), husband since 1885, Earl Roman Pototsky (1852-1915)
- Princess Elena Augustus Paulina Sofia Maria (February 14, 1874, Berlin - December 12, 1958, Madrid ), husband since 1892, Count Jozef Nikolai Pototsky (1862–1922)
- Prince Stanislav Wilhelm Janusz Henryk (February 6, 1880, Berlin - April 28, 1920, Malin), 12th ordinate David-Horodok .
From the father of his daughter, Elzhbet and Elena inherited 600 thousand marks each, as was stipulated in their marriage contracts. This money had to be taken from the capital that was kept in the depot of the Schickler brothers' company. The younger son Prince Stanislav Wilhelm (1880-1920) received David-Gorodok ordination. The eldest son, Prince Jerzy Frederick (1860–1914), inherited the Nesvizh ordination and all other estates.
Awards
- Prussian Order of the Black Eagle [1]
- Prussian Order of the Red Eagle , 1st Degree with Oak Leaves [1]
- Prussian Order of the House of Hohenzollern with swords
- Prussian Iron Cross 2nd Class (1870) [1]
- Prussian Order of the Crown 1st Class [1]
- Bavarian Order of St. Hubert [1]
- Frederick Order of Württemberg, large cross [1]
- Austria-Hungarian Order of Leopold , Commander [1]
- Russian Order of St. Anne , 2nd degree
- French Order of the Legion of Honor , officer [1]
- Swedish Order of the Sword , large cross [1]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rangliste der Königlich Preußischen Armee und des XIII. (Königlich Württembergischen) Armeekorps für 1902 , Hrsg .: Kriegsministerium , Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Sohn , Berlin 1902, S. 8
Sources
- Shyshygina-Patotskaya K. Nyasvizh and Radzіvіly, Minsk: Belarus, 2007.
- Entsyklapedyya g_story_ Belarus. At 6 tons. T. 6. Kn. 1: Puzyny - Usaya / Belarus. Enzykl .; Redkal .: GP P. Pashko (halos red.) І інш .; Master E. E. Zhakevich. - Minsk: BelEn, 2001. - 591 pp .: il. ISBN 985-11-0214-8 .
- Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Band 16. Leipzig 1908, S. 564 Digitalisat
- Antoni Fryderyk Wilhelm ks. Radziwiłł na Nieświeżu h. Trąby