Radziwiłł Family Fee Tail Explained

thumb|200px|Coat of Arms of the Radziwiłł familythumb|200px|Castle in Nieśwież, residence of the ordynats of the "Nieśwież Fee Tail"200px|thumb|Castle in OłykaRadziwiłł Family Fee Tail (Polish: Ordynacja Radziwiłłów, Belarusian: Ардынацыя Радзівілаў) was a fee tail established in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and owned by the Radziwiłł family.

Three family fee tail estates were established on the basis of an agreement between the three sons of Mikołaj Czarny Radziwiłł on August 16, 1586 in Grodno. The "Nyasvizh Fee Tail" (Ordynacja Nieświeska, Нясвіжская ардынацыя), "Ołyka Fee Tail" (Ordynacja Ołycka) and "Kleck Fee Tail" (Ordynacja Klecka, Клецкая ардынацыя). It was approved by the Sejm in 1589. Ordynat was the title of the principal heir of the Ordynacja.

The family fee tail existed in partitioned Poland and the Second Republic of Poland until the end of World War II. The last ordynat was Prince Leon Władysław Radziwiłł (1888-1956).[1]

Ortynats of the Estate

Nyasvizh Fee Tail (Ordynacja Nieświeska)

Kleck Fee Tail (Ordynacja Klecka)

Ołyka Fee Tail (Ordynacja Ołycka)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Genealogia dynastyczna . 2013-12-20 . 2013-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131221004018/http://genealogia.grocholski.pl/gd/osoba.php?id=005275 . dead .