Ferdynand Radziwiłł

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

Early life 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.

He was educated in Berlin and received a law degree.

Career During the Franco-Prussian War, he served as a soldier in the German army for one year. In the speech, he denounced the alleged use of corporal punishment on children, noting that bonuses were paid to teachers who taught the most German. In response, Count von Bülow said that "foreign sentiments" could not influence domestic policy, and that Germans in the east will not "fall beneath Polish wheels." Bülow concluded by stating that efforts to bring about an independent Poland would be opposed.

In 1908, he spoke out against expropriations.

After Poland regained independence in 1918, he became a Polish citizen and a member of the Polish parliament (Sejm). His political activity ended in 1919.

In February 1926 he died in Rome.

Family He married Pelagia Sapiezanka in 1864. They had five children.

Ancestry