Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł

Polish translator and politician

Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł
Portrait of Radziwiłł by Józef Mehoffer
Born	(1898-07-29)29 July 1898 Zegrze, Łomża Governorate, Congress Poland
Died	24 March 1986(1986-03-24) (aged 87) Warsaw, Polish People's Republic
Children	with Maria Popiel: Barbara Maria Radziwiłł Maria Teresa Radziwiłł Zofia Maria Radziwiłł Stanisław Mikołaj Radziwiłł Anna Radziwiłł
Parent(s)	Maciej Mikołaj Radziwiłł Róża Maria Potocka

Prince Krzysztof Mikołaj Artur Radziwiłł (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkʂɨʂtɔf miˈkɔwaj ˈartur raˈd͡ʑiviww]; 29 July 1898 – 24 March 1986) was a Polish translator and politician, descendant of the well-known aristocratic Radziwiłł family.^[1] He was a supporter of the Communist regime in Poland, which gained him the nickname Czerwony książę (lit. 'Red Prince').^[2]^[3]

Krzysztof was owner of Staszów estates and member of the Sejm in the Polish People's Republic.^[4]

His daughter Anna Radziwiłł broke with his politics, becoming a noted dissident and influential member of Solidarity.

References

^ Łoś, Piotr Szymon (2005). Szkice do portretu ziemian polskich XX wieku (in Polish). Rytm. p. 88. ISBN 978-83-7399-135-4.
^ Wylegała, Anna (2018-03-26). "Nasza i (nie) wasza sprawa. O ziemiańskich i chłopskich narracjach o reformie rolnej". Kultura i Społeczeństwo. 62 (1): 71–100. doi:10.35757/kis.2018.62.1.2. ISSN 2300-195X.
^ Jakubowska, Longina (2016-05-13). Patrons of History: Nobility, Capital and Political Transitions in Poland. Routledge. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-317-08311-5.
^ Lubomirska, Maria; Pajewski, Janusz (1997). Pamiętnik Księżnej Marii Zdzisławowej Lubomirskiej, 1914-1918: do druku przygotował Janusz Pajewski ; objaśnienia opracowała Aleksandra Kosicka-Pajewska (in Polish). Wydawn. Poznańskie. p. 210. ISBN 978-83-86138-92-0.