Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł

{{Short description|Polish translator and politician}}

{{For|the 16th-century prince|Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł}}

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|name = Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł

|image = Józef Mehoffer - Portret Krzysztofa Radziwiłła.jpg

|caption = Portrait of Radziwiłł by Józef Mehoffer

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|birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|07|29|df=y}}

|birth_place = Zegrze, Łomża Governorate, Congress Poland

|death_date = {{Death date and age|1986|03|24|1898|07|29|df=y}}

|death_place = Warsaw, Polish People's Republic

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|children = 5, including Anna Radziwiłł

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Prince Krzysztof Mikołaj Artur Radziwiłł ({{IPA|pl|ˈkʂɨʂtɔf miˈkɔwaj ˈartur raˈd͡ʑiviww}}; 29 July 1898 – 24 March 1986) was a Polish translator and politician, descendant of the well-known aristocratic Radziwiłł family.{{Cite book |last=Łoś |first=Piotr Szymon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UmzaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Krzysztof+Miko%C5%82aj+Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82%22+1898+1986+-wiki |title=Szkice do portretu ziemian polskich XX wieku |date=2005 |publisher=Rytm |isbn=978-83-7399-135-4 |pages=88 |language=pl}} He was a supporter of the Communist regime in Poland, which gained him the nickname Czerwony książę ({{Literal translation|Red Prince}}).{{Cite journal |last=Wylegała |first=Anna |date=2018-03-26 |title=Nasza i (nie) wasza sprawa. O ziemiańskich i chłopskich narracjach o reformie rolnej |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.35757/kis.2018.62.1.2 |journal=Kultura i Społeczeństwo |volume=62 |issue=1 |pages=71–100 |doi=10.35757/kis.2018.62.1.2 |issn=2300-195X|doi-access=free }}{{Cite book |last=Jakubowska |first=Longina |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gL4oDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Krzysztof+Miko%C5%82aj+Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82%22+Czerwony+Ksi%C4%85%C5%BC%C4%99&pg=PA133 |title=Patrons of History: Nobility, Capital and Political Transitions in Poland |date=2016-05-13 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-08311-5 |pages=133 |language=en}}

Krzysztof was owner of Staszów estates and member of the Sejm in the Polish People's Republic.{{Cite book |last1=Lubomirska |first1=Maria |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mOJmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Krzysztof+Miko%C5%82aj+Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82%22+1986+sejm |title=Pamiętnik Księżnej Marii Zdzisławowej Lubomirskiej, 1914-1918: do druku przygotował Janusz Pajewski ; objaśnienia opracowała Aleksandra Kosicka-Pajewska |last2=Pajewski |first2=Janusz |date=1997 |publisher=Wydawn. Poznańskie |isbn=978-83-86138-92-0 |pages=210 |language=pl}}

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

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Category:1898 births

Category:1986 deaths

Category:People from Legionowo County

Category:Łomża Governorate

Krzysztof Mikolaj Artur

Category:Alliance of Democrats (Poland) politicians

Category:Senators of the Second Polish Republic (1938–1939)

Category:Members of the Polish Sejm 1947–1952

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