Jerzy Radziwiłł

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Jerzy Radziwiłł
Noble Family	Radziwiłł
Coat of Arms	Trąby
Parents	Mikalojus Radvila the Old Zofia Anna Monwid
Consorts	Barbara Kiszka Barbara Kola
Children	with Barbara Kola Mikolaj Rudy Radziwiłł Anna Elżbieta Radziwiłł Barbara Radziwiłł
Date of Birth	1480
Place of Birth	?
Date of Death	April, 1541
Place of Death	?

Jerzy Radziwiłł (Lithuanian: Jurgis Radvila) (1480-1541) was a Lithuanian szlachcic.

He was Podczaszy (literally, 'Deputy Cup-Bearer') of Lithuania from 1510, voivode of Kiev Voivodship from 1510, Field Hetman of Lithuania in 1521, castellan of Trakai from 1522, castellan of Vilnius from 1527, Marshal of the Court from 1528, Grand Hetman of Lithuania from 1531, Starost of Grodno, Namiestnik of Vilnius, Maišiagala, Mereck, Utena, Mozyrsk, Lida, Skidelsk, Bielick, Lryńsk and Oziersk. He was a progenitor of the Biržai-Dubingiai (also known as Protestantic) Razdiwill family line.

He was renowned for his military achievements and as a talented politician. He took part in various conflicts against Muscovy, the Cossacks and theTatars. Achieving around 30 military victories, he has been referred as the Lithuanian Hercules.

In 1526 as a member of the Lithuanian Council of Lords he unsuccessfully petitioned the Grand Duke of Lithuania Zygmunt I Stary for the creation a separate Kingdom of Lithuania under the rule of Zygmunt's I son, Zygmunt II August. In the 1530s, acting with his cousin Jan Radziwiłł, he was in almost total control of Lithuania's internal affairs.

As a member of Radziwiłł family, like his predecessors Jerzy also managed to increase his estate, which after his death was inherited by his only son Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł. He had two daughters, of which the younger Barbara Radziwiłł became mistress and later queen to King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Zygmunt II August, which greatly strengthened the Radziwiłłs family's position in Poland and Lithuania.

Great Lithuanian Hetmans of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Konstanty Ostrogski | Semen Jurewicz | Stanislovas Kęsgaila | Stanisław Piotrowicz Kiszka | Konstanty Ostrogski | Jerzy Radziwiłł | Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł | Jeremi Chodkiewicz | Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł | Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł | Jan Karol Chodkiewicz | Lew Sapieha | Krzysztof Radziwiłł | Janusz Kiszka | Janusz Radziwiłł | Paweł Jan Sapieha | Michał Kazimierz Pac | Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki | Kazimierz Jan Sapieha | Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger | Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński | Ludwik Pociej | Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki | Michał "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł | Michał Józef Massalski | Michał Kazimierz Ogiński | Szymon Marcin Kossakowski

Field Lithuanian Hetmans of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Jerzy Radziwiłł | Andrzej Niemirowicz | Grzegorz Chodkiewicz | Roman Sanguszko | Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Lightning" Radziwiłł | 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 Samuelewicz Ogiński | Józef Bogusław Słuszka | Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki | Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński | Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki | Ludwik Pociej | Stanisław Ernest Denhoff | Michał "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł | Michał Józef Massalski | Aleksander Michał Sapieha | Józef Sosnowski | Ludwik Tyszkiewicz | Szymon Marcin Kossakowski | Józef Zabiełło