Spór o dziedzictwo Radziwiłłów nieświeskich w połowie XVII w.

Abstract

The subject of this article is the course of one of the most interesting family conflicts in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the second half of the 17th century. Its subject was a dispute over the division of the Nieśwież estates of the Radziwiłł line. After the death of Prince Alexander Ludwik in March 1654, his first-born son Michał Casimir undermined the last will and inherited the estates that were the property of his stepmother Lucrezia Maria née Strozzi and half-brother Dominic Mikołaj. This began a long-term confrontation, which was conducted both legally and using the "fait accompli" method.  . This conflict was completed only in September 1671, after Prince Dominic came of age. The final division of the estates of this Radziwiłł line was then established. Michał Kazimierz and his descendants took over, among others, Biała, and Szydłowiec and Czarnawczyce remained in the hands of Dominik and his descendants (later the so-called younger Klec line).