Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł

Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł
Noble Family	Radziwiłł
Coat of Arms	Trąby odmiana Radziwill
Parents	Mikołaj "Rudy" Radziwłł Katarzyna Tomicka-Lwińska
Consorts	Katarzyna Sobek Katarzyna Ostrogska Katarzyna Tęczyńska Elżbieta Ostrogska
Children	with Katarzyna Ostrogska Janusz Radziwiłł with Katarzyna Tęczyńska Krzysztof Radziwiłł Halaszka Radziwiłł
Date of Birth	1547
Place of Birth	Vilnius
Date of Death	November 20, 1603
Place of Death	Łosośna

Prince Christopher (Nicholas) of the Radvila, bynamed "The Thunderbolt (Lithuanian: Kristupas (Mikalojus) Radvila "Perkūnas", Polish: Piorun Krzysztof (Mikołaj) Radziwiłł)" (1547-1603) was a Reichsfürst of the Holy Roman Empire and a Polish-Lithuanian noble (szlachcic). He was Podczaszy of Lithuania since 1569, Field Lithuanian Hetman since 1572, castellan of Trakai, Deputy Chancellor of Lithuania since 1579, voivode of Vilnius Voivodship since 1584, Great Lithuanian Hetman since 1589, Starost kokenhauski, solecki, żyżmorski, urzędowski, aiński, borysowski and nowomyski. Krzysztof Mikołaj Radziwiłł was one of the most talented commanders in the service of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the wars against Muscovy and Sweden (he won the Battle of Kokenhausen). His achievements combined with his powerful Radziwiłł family backing helped him rise to his various voivode and starost offices and further increased his family wealth. Like his father, brother and nephew he was an ardent Calvinist and defender of the Polish Reformed Church from mounting Counter Reformation.

Radziwiłł family coat of arms: Trąby. In the Holy Roman Empire, the Trąby Coat of Arms was situated in the center of a Black Eagle in a golden Shield.

Great Lithuanian Hetmans

Konstanty Ostrogski | Semen Jurewicz | Stanislovas Kęsgaila | Stanisław Piotrowicz Kiszka | Konstanty Ostrogski | Jerzy Radziwiłł | Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł | Jeremi Chodkiewicz | Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł | Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł | Jan Karol Chodkiewicz | Lew Sapieha | Krzysztof Radziwiłł | Janusz Kiszka | Janusz Radziwiłł | Paweł Jan Sapieha | Michał Kazimierz Pac | Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki | Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger | Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Elder | Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński | Ludwik Pociej | Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki | Michał "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł | Michał Józef Massalski | Michał Kazimierz Ogiński | Szymon Marcin Kossakowski

Field Lithuanian Hetmans

Jerzy Radziwiłł | Andrzej Niemirowicz | Grzegorz Chodkiewicz | Roman Sanguszko | Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł | Jan Karol Chodkiewicz | Krzysztof Radziwiłł | Janusz Kiszka | Janusz Radziwiłł | Wincenty Gosiewski | Michał Kazimierz Pac | Władysław Wołłowicz | Michał Kazimierz Radziwiłł | Jan Kazimierz Sapieha the Younger | Jan Samuelewicz Ogiński | Józef Bogusław Słuszka | Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki | Grzegorz Antoni Ogiński | Michał Serwacy Wiśniowiecki | Ludwik Pociej | Stanisław Ernest Denhoff | Michał "Rybeńko" Radziwiłł | Michał Józef Massalski | Aleksander Michał Sapieha | Józef Sosnowski | Ludwik Tyszkiewicz | Szymon Marcin Kossakowski | Józef Zabiełło