Bogusław Fryderyk Radziwiłł

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 Radziwiłł was born in Königsberg on 3 January 1809. He was a younger son of Prince Antoni Henryk Radziwiłł, the Duke-Governor (, ) 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); 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). 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.

Career 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 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:

Prince Ferdynand Fryderyk Radziwiłł (1834–1926), who married Pelagia Sapieha, a daughter of Leon Ludwig Sapieha. Prince Władysław Radziwiłł (1836–1922) Princess Fryderyka Radziwiłł (1837–1843), who died young. Prince Fryderyk Wilhelm Janush Edmund Karol Radziwiłł (1839–1907), who married Princess Teresa Lubomirska, a daughter of Prince Yuri Lubomirski and Countess Cecilia Zamoyska. Princess Pauline Radziwiłł (1841–1894) Prince Edmund Radziwiłł (1842–1905) Prince Adam Radziwiłł (1844–1907) Princess Felicia Radziwiłł (1849–1930), who married Carlos, 5th Prince of Clary-Aldringen, elder brother of Prince Siegfried von Clary-Aldringen and Count Manfred von Clary-Aldringen. Princess Mathilde Radziwiłł (1850–1931)

Radziwiłł died in Berlin on 2 January 1873.

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