Prince Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwiłł (1834 in
Berlin – 1926 in
Rome) was a
Polish nobleman and Polish-German politician.
He was the son of
Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł
Prince Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł (3 January 1809 – 2 January 1873) was a Polish nobleman and Prussian military officer and politician. At the time Poland was partitioned, he lived in the Kingdom of Prussia, where he was a member of t ...
and Leontyna von
Clary und Aldringen
The House of Clary und Aldringen, also known as Clary-Aldringen, is one of the most prominent Austro-Hungarian princely families. Originally from Friuli, Northern Italy, one branch of the family moved to the County of Tyrol around 1500 and to the ...
. Through his paternal grandmother,
Princess Louise of Prussia, he was a cousin of the German Emperors. For much of his life he lived in the
German Empire
The German Empire (),Herbert Tuttle wrote in September 1881 that the term "Reich" does not literally connote an empire as has been commonly assumed by English-speaking people. The term literally denotes an empire – particularly a hereditary ...
, where he was a member of the German parliament (
Reichstag) from 1874 to 1919. He was known as an important leader of the
Polish minority and opponent of the
Germanization and
Kulturkampf
(, 'culture struggle') was the conflict that took place from 1872 to 1878 between the Catholic Church led by Pope Pius IX and the government of Prussia led by Otto von Bismarck. The main issues were clerical control of education and ecclesiastic ...
policies. After Poland regained independence in 1918, he became a Polish citizen and a member of the Polish parliament (
Sejm).
Son of:
Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł
Prince Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł (3 January 1809 – 2 January 1873) was a Polish nobleman and Prussian military officer and politician. At the time Poland was partitioned, he lived in the Kingdom of Prussia, where he was a member of t ...
. Father of:
Janusz Franciszek Radziwiłł Janusz () is a masculine Poland, Polish given name.
It is also the shortened form of January_(given name), January and Januarius.
People
*Janusz Akermann (born 1957), Polish painter
*Janusz Bardach, Polish gulag survivor and physician
*Janusz Bie ...
,
Michał Radziwiłł Rudy
Michał Radziwiłł Rudy (8 February 1870 – 6 October 1955 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife) was a nobleman and diplomat.
Early life
He was born to Ferdynand Radziwiłł and Pelagia Sapieha on 8 February 1870 in Berlin. His great-grandfather was Pri ...
, Karol Ferdynand Radziwiłł, Małgorzata.
Ancestry
1834 births
1926 deaths
Politicians from Berlin
People from the Province of Brandenburg
Ferdynand
Polish Party politicians
Members of the 2nd Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the 3rd Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the 4th Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the 5th Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the 6th Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the 7th Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the 8th Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the 9th Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the 10th Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the 11th Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the 12th Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the 13th Reichstag of the German Empire
Members of the Prussian House of Lords
Members of the Legislative Sejm of the Second Polish Republic
Polish deputies to the Reichstag in Berlin
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