Katarzyna Tomicka

Katarzyna Tomicka (c.1517–1551) was a Polish noblewoman, known as the sister-in-law and opponent of her sister-in-law queen Barbara Radziwiłł.

Katarzyna Tomicka z Iwna
Coat of arms	Łodzia
Born	1516/1518 Iwno, near Kostrzyn
Died	1551 Wilno, Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Family	Tomicki
Consort	Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł
Issue	Mikołaj Radziwiłł Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł Barbara Radziwiłł
Father	Jan Tomicki h. Łodzia
Mother	Barbara Potulicka h. Grzymała

Katarzyna was born in Iwno, the third daughter of podkomorzy of Kalisz, Jan Tomicki h. Łodzia and sister-aunt of the Court Marshal and Bishop of Kraków, Piotr Tomicki h. Łodzia. She died in Wilno.

Her sons initiated the so-called "Calvinist lineage" of the Radziwiłł family. The male line expired in 1669.

Marriage and issue

Katarzyna married Mikołaj "Rudy" Radziwiłł around 1542 and had three children:

• Mikołaj Radziwiłł, married Aleksandra Wiśniowiecka h. Korybut and later Zofia Helena Hlebowicz Połońska h. Leliwa
• Krzysztof Mikołaj "the Thunderbolt" Radziwiłł, was married to Katarzyna Sobek z Sulejówka h. Brochowicz, Princess Katarzyna Ostrogska, Katarzyna Tęczyńska h. Tópor and Princess Elizaveta Ostrogska
• NN

Bibliography

• Besala J., Barbara Radziwiłłówna i Zygmunt August, Świat Książki, Warszawa 2007, ISBN 978-83-7391-715-6, s. 138, 142.
• Boniecki A., Poczet rodów w Wielkiém Księstwie Litewskiém w XV i XVI wieku, Warszawa 1887, s. 279 (e-biblioteka Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego).