Prince Stanisław Albrecht Radziwiłł | |
Birth Date: | 21 July 1914 |
Birth Place: | Szpanów Palace, Rovno, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire (now Rivne, Ukraine) |
Death Place: | London, England |
Noble Family: | Radziwiłł |
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Mother: | Princess Anna Lubomirska |
Prince Stanisław Albrecht "Stash" Radziwiłł (21 July 1914 - 27 July 1976) was a Polish prince, then British citizen, socialite and businessman. He served as director of the Olympic Airways.
Radziwiłł was an aristocrat, diplomat, chargé d'affaires of the Polish government in exile at the League of Nations, delegate of the Polish Red Cross, real estate dealer, and director of Olympic Airways.
His parents were Janusz Franciszek, Prince Radziwiłł (1880–1967) and his wife, Princess Anna Lubomirska (1882–1947). Stanisław had two elder brothers, Prince Edmund Radziwiłł (1906–1971) and Prince Ludwik Radziwiłł (1911–1928).
Radziwiłł married Rose de Mauléon (1913–1996), on 10 April 1940,[1] former niece-in-law of Irina Ovtchinnikova, wife of Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark. They had no children and their marriage was annulled in 1945. She later married Baron de Chollet, a Swiss banker.[2]
Radziwill married Grace Maria Kolin on 2 May 1946. They were divorced in 1958. The marriage produced one son:
Grace Maria Kolin later married William Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley (1894–1969) as his third wife, and from 1975, she lived with Robert B. Silvers.[4]
Radziwiłł married Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield on 19 March 1959. They had two children:
Radziwiłł was one of the organisers of the Sikorski Historical Institute in London and founder of St. Anne's Church at Fawley Court, the site of Divine Mercy College, a school for boys of Polish origin, set up by the Marian Fathers in 1953 near Henley-on-Thames, England.
He died on 27 July 1976, in London, six days after his 62nd birthday. His body was interred in the crypt of St Anne's Church at Fawley Court.[5]
According to Debrett's, although known as Prince Radziwiłł in Britain, on becoming a British subject and in keeping with standard practice, Radziwiłł strictly needed permission from Queen Elizabeth II to use his princely title.[2] The Radziwiłł family held the title Prince of the Holy Roman Empire since the early 16th century. However, noble titles were abolished in Poland and Austria.