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Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł

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Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł
Born(1809-01-03)3 January 1809
Königsberg
Died2 January 1873(1873-01-02) (aged 63)
Berlin
SpouseLeontyna Gabriela Clary et Aldringen
ChildrenElżbieta Radziwiłł
Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwiłł
Władysław Radziwiłł
Maria Radziwiłł
Karol Radziwiłł
Jadwiga Radziwiłł
Edmund Radziwiłł
Bogusław Radziwiłł
Felicia Radziwiłł
Parent(s)Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł
Princess Louise of Prussia

Prince Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł (3 January 1809 – 2 January 1873) was a Polish nobleman and Prussian military officer and politician. He lived in the Kingdom of Prussia, where he was a member of the Prussian parliament (later, of the Prussian House of Lords). He attained the rank of general within the Prussian Army.

Early life

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Radziwiłł was born in Königsberg on 3 January 1809. He was a younger son of Prince Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł, the Duke-Governor (Polish: książę-namiestnik, German: Statthalter) of the Grand Duchy of Poznań, an autonomous province of the Kingdom of Prussia, and Princess Louise of Prussia (1770–1836). Among his surviving siblings were Prince Wilhelm Radziwiłł (who married Countess Mathilde von Clary und Aldringen);[1] Prince Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwiłł (who died unmarried); Princess Eliza Fryderyka Radziwiłł (the desired bride of Prince William of Prussia, who later became William I, German Emperor, but they were not allowed to marry); Prince Władysław Radziwiłł (who died unmarried); and Princess Wanda Augusta Wilhelmina Radziwiłł (who married their first cousin, Prince Adam Czartoryski).[2]

His paternal grandparents were Prince Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł and Helena Przeździecka. His aunt, Princess Angelika Radziwiłł, was the wife of Prince Konstanty Adam Czartoryski. Through his brother, Prince Wilhelm, he was uncle to Prince Antoni Wilhelm Radziwiłł.[2] His maternal grandparents were Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt and Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia (a younger brother of the Prussian King Frederick the Great). Through his mother, he was the great-grandson of King Frederick William I of Prussia, great-great-grandson of King George I of Great Britain, cousin of William I, German Emperor and Czar Alexander II of Russia.[1]

Career

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He was a member of the Prussian parliament (later, of the Prussian House of Lords). He attained the rank of general within the Prussian Army.

Personal life

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In 1832, he married Countess Leontyna Gabriela Clary et Aldringen, a daughter of Carl Joseph, 3rd Prince of Clary-Aldringen and Marie "Aloisie" Chotek von Chotkow und Wognin (the daughter of Johann Rudolf Chotek von Chotkov und Vojnín). Together, they were the parents of:

Radziwiłł died in Berlin on 2 January 1873.

Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bernhard von Poten (1888). "Radziwill, Fürst Friedrich Wilhelm Paul". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German). Vol. 27. Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot. pp. 156–157.
  2. ^ a b "Helena Radziwiłłowa (z domu Przezdziecka)". www.ipsb.nina.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-05-16.


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