Mikołaj Radziwiłł, nicknamed The Red (1512 – 1584). Polish–Lithuanian nobleman, Count Palatine of Vilnius, Grand Chancellor of Lithuania, and Grand Lithuanian Hetman (from 1576) in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Together with his cousin Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł and the Radziwiłł family were granted title and position as Reichsfürst Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
He became an advocate of Lithuanian sovereignty and thus a vocal opponent of political union with Poland, (Union of Lublin, 1569).
He was one of the most prominent converts and advocates of the Protestant faith in Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and his line of the family became devoted members and defenders of the Lithuanian Evangelical Reformed Church until its extinction.
He was immortalized in the epic poem Radivilias (1592).
Son of Jerzy "Herkules" Radziwiłł and Barbara Kolanka.
-"In order not to confuse him with his namesake, the cousins were given the nicknames on account of the color of their hair. Nicolaus III is best known as "the Red"and his cousin as "the Black"." https://www.instagram.com/p/ChvId9ioCbq/
- "The nickname "Rudy", or "Red", was a reference to the color of his hair." https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11735877
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