Jerzy Cardinal Radziwiłł

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Jerzy Radziwiłł
Noble Family	Radziwiłł
Coat of Arms	Trąby
Parents	Mikołaj "Czarny" Radziwiłł Elżbieta Szydłowiecka
Consorts	none
Children	none
Date of Birth	May 31, 1556
Place of Birth	Vilnius
Date of Death	January 21, 1600
Place of Death	Rome

Prince Jerzy Radziwiłł (1556–1600), Lithuanian: Jurgis Radvila was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic), Bishop and Cardinal. Radziwill was an Imperial Prince (Reichsfürst).

Jerzy educated in Leipzig and Rome. He was the Bishop of Vilnius from 1579 until 1591, deputy administrator (namiestnik) of Livonia Inflanty from 1582 until 1585, Cardinal and Bishop of Kraków since 1591. In 1592 he became a trusted adviser of king Sigismund III Vasa.

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• Portrait of Cardinal Georgius Radzivil, Radvila

Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Walerian Protasewicz	Bishop of Vilnius 1579–1591	Succeeded by Benedykt Woyna
Preceded by Piotr Myszkowski	Bishop of Kraków 1591–1600	Succeeded by Bernard Maciejowski