Gallery II

Coffin portrait of Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł (1669-1719) 

Unknown artist

1719

The collection of Maciej Radziwiłł

 

 

Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł was the youngest son of Michał Kazimierz and Katarzyna Radziwiłł, née Sobieska. After the death of his elder brother Jerzy, he became 8th Entail

of Nesvizh and the 6th Entail of Olyka.

He participated in the assemblies and councils of the senate, and held positions in the tribunals, including the rank of a Marshal.  He took part in a dispute with the Sapieha family over the so-called Neuburg estate. In 1698, he was nominated a chancellor. During the Great Northern War, he stood by Vettin, although Sweden’s allies considered offering him the crown after Augustus II would be dethroned. He was a wealthy man, who often drowned in debts, and enjoyed popularity among the nobles - not least because of his penchant for liquor.  His wife, Anna Katarzyna, née Sanguszko, gave him 14 children, several of whom died in childhood.