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16 july 1509 1450 eudoxia radziwiłł 200px c. 1450 sofija ona manvydaitė mikołaj radziwiłł stary.png mikalojus radvila the old
 mikalojus `` the old '' radvila
mikalojus radvila the old

mikalojus radvila or mikolaj i nicknamed `` the old '' -lrb- , -rrb- -lrb- c. 1450-1509 -rrb- was a lithuanian noble .
he was known after a patronym `` radvilaitis '' , made of his father 's name radvila , which in turn became a family name of his heirs , radvilos , later polonised as radziwiłł .
mikalojus had been a regent of smolensk from 2 december 1481 ; in 1483 a 10,000-strong army was summoned by him for protection of smolensk lands .
he had been the castellan of trakai since 31 may 1488 and regent of novgorodok , later a regent of bielsk podlaski .
he was the voivod of vilnius since 1492 and the first grand chancellor of lithuania from 1504 until his death in 1509 .
his sons jerzy/jurgis , mikojal/mikalojus and jan/jonas were the progenitors of the three radziwill family lines .
