Prince Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwiłł (1834 in Berlin – 1926 in Rome) was a Polish nobleman and Polish-German politician.

Ferdynand Radziwiłł
Ferdynand Radziwiłł c. 1914
Born
Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwiłł

(1834-10-19)19 October 1834
Berlin
Died28 February 1926(1926-02-28) (aged 91)
Rome
SpousePelagia Sapieha
Childrenwith Pelagia Sapieha:
Michał Władysław "Rudy" Radziwiłł
Zygmunt Radziwiłł
Karol Ferdynand Radziwiłł
Maria Malgorzata Radziwiłł
Janusz Franciszek Radziwiłł
Parent(s)Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł
Leontyna Gabriela Clary et Aldringen

He was the son of Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł and Leontyna von Clary und Aldringen. 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, 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 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. Father of: Janusz Franciszek Radziwiłł, Michał Radziwiłł Rudy, Karol Ferdynand Radziwiłł, Małgorzata.

Ancestry edit

Ancestors of Ferdynand Radziwiłł
16. Prince Marcin Mikolaj Radziwiłł
8. Prince Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł
17. Marta Trembicka
4. Prince Antoni Radziwiłł
18. Antoni Tadeusz Przezdziecki
9. Helena Przeździecka
19. Katarzyny Ogińskiej-Kozelska
2. Prince Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł
20. Frederick William I of Prussia
10. Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia
21. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Hanover
5. Princess Louise of Prussia
22. Frederick William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
11. Margravine Elisabeth Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt
23. Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia
1. Ferdynand Radziwiłł
24. Franz Wenzel, 1st Prince of Clary and Aldringen
12. Johann, 2nd Prince of Clary and Aldringen
25. Countess Josepha of Hohenzollern-Hechingen
6. Karl Joseph, 3rd Prince of Clary and Aldringen
26. Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne
13. Princesse Christine of Ligne
27. Princess Marie Franziska of Liechtenstein
3. Countess Léontine of Clary and Aldringen
28. Johann Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
14. Johann Rudolf, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin
29. Countess Anna Maria Kottulinsky of Kottulin and Krzizkowitz
7. Countess Luise Chotek of Chotkowa and Wognin
30. Franz Wenzel, 1st Prince of Clary and Aldringen (= 24)
15. Countess Maria Sidonia of Clary and Aldringen
31. Countess Josepha of Hohenzollern-Hechingen (= 25)