Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł
| Princess Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł | |
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| Margravine consort of Brandenburg Electress Palatine Countess Palatine of Neuberg |
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Ludovica Carolina Radivilia, the illustration from Icones familiae ducalis Radivilianae
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| Born |
27 February 1667 Königsberg, Ducal Prussia |
| Died | 25 March 1695 (aged 28) Brzeg |
| Spouse | Margrave Louis of Brandenburg Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine |
| Issue |
with Charles III Philip: Leopoldyna Eleonora of Neuberg Maria Anna of Neuberg Elizabeth Augusta Sophie, Countess Palatine of Neuburg |
| House | Radziwiłł family |
| Father | Bogusław Radziwiłł |
| Mother | Anna Maria Radziwiłł |
| Religion | Calvinist |
Princess Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł (Lithuanian: Liudvika Karolina Radvilaitė) (27 February 1667 – 25 March 1695) was a magnate of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and an active reformer. She carried the title of Princess.
Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł was born in Königsberg in the Duchy of Prussia. A member of the Radziwiłł family, she was the last agnatic-line member of the most prominent Calvinists of Lithuania, and a descendant of the Gediminids and Jagiellons. Radziwiłł inherited Dubingiai, Slutsk and many other lands from her father Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł. Her mother was an heiress in her own right and brought much wealth including the duchies of Kėdainiai and Biržai. Ludwika Karolina Radziwiłł's death in Brieg in 1695 marks the end of the Biržai-Dubingiai Radziwiłł family line. She was the last Radziwiłł to own Biržai Castle and Dubingiai Castle with their lands.
Her father, Prince Bogusław Radziwiłł was the son of Janusz Radziwill (1579–1620) and Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, and along with his cousin (and future father-in-law) Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–55) played a dramatic and treacherous role in The Deluge, or Swedish invasion of Poland. Following the Swedish retreat and Polish resurgence, Bogusław Radziwiłł chose exile in Brandenburg-Prussia, with his mother's family. His wife and Ludwika Karolina's mother, Anna Maria Radziwiłł, the only child and heiress of Janusz Radziwiłł died shortly after giving birth to Ludwika Karolina. Bogusław followed less than two years later, leaving the infant Radziwiłł orphaned and very wealthy. Her guardianship was entrusted to her father's cousin and host (and her future father-in-law) Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg.
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