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Albrycht Stanisaw Radziwi was a Lithuanian nobleman, a Reichfrst and a politician from PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, who served as the Lesser Lithuanian Chancellor from 1619, the Grand Chancellor of Lithuania and Governor of Vilnius from 1623. He was a member of the powerful Radziwi family, last of the Oyka line, fourth to bear the name of Albrycht. During his life he was an influential magnate and diplomat in the country. Radziwi was a vigorous Roman Catholic and staunch supporter of CounterReformation, but also the arch enemy of the Protestant community.

He was born on July 1, 1595, in his family manor in Oyka to Stanisaw Pius Radziwi and Marianna ne Myszka. During his life Albrycht held several important posts in the PolishLithuanian Commonwealth, some of them hereditary. Apart from directing his family estate in Oyka at Woy , he was in charge of foreign policies and internal affairs of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, as he held the posts Lesser Lithuanian Chancellor of Lithuania , Grand Chancellor of Lithuania and Starosta of Vilnius , as well as governor of Kowel, Tuchola, Gniew, Pisk, Wielu, Dyneburg, Kobry and iauliai.

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