Maria Amalia Mniszech
Countess Maria Amalia Mniszech (1736–1772), née Countess von Brühl, was a Polish-Saxon noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was active as a political Polish agent in the court of Empress Maria Theresa in Vienna, where she was sent to influence the empress in favour of Poland. Life ''Maria Amalia Friederike'' was born as the eldest child and only daughter of Count Heinrich von Brühl and his wife, Countess Franziska von Kolowrat-Krakowska (1717-1762). Carefully educated at great expense under the tutelage of Maria Josepha of Austria, she spoke six languages. From an early age, she participated in court intrigues in Warsaw at the court of Augustus III of Poland, as well as at the royal courts in Dresden and Paris, before eagerly being sent by her father to the court of Maria Theresa in Vienna. As a lady-in-waiting to Maria Teresa, she often tried to interest the empress in Polish affairs, and on 14 September 1750 she was awarded the Order of the Starry Cross. After the death ...
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