Helena Czaplińska (died 1651), was the second wife of

Bohdan Khmelnytsky Bohdan Zynovii Mykhailovych Khmelnytskyi ( Ruthenian: Ѕѣнові Богданъ Хмелнiцкiи; modern ua, Богдан Зиновій Михайлович Хмельницький; 6 August 1657) was a Ukrainian military commander and ...

Hetman of Zaporizhian Host The Hetman of the Zaporizhian Host ( uk, Гетьман Війська Запорозького, la, Cosaccorum Zaporoviesium Supremus Belli Dux) was the head of state of the Cossack Hetmanate in what is now Ukraine. The office was disestablishe ...

(r. 1648–1657). She was an influential figure among the Ukrainian Cossacks and known as "Helen of the Steppe". Initially married to

Daniel Czapliński Daniel Czapliński, a Polish noble of Drogosław coat of arms, Drogosław coat of arms. He was a deputy starosta of Chyhyryn and a rotmistrz in the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He is best known as a personal foe of Bohdan Khme ...

, her influence was seen as a threat as she was suspected to betray her second husband the hetman in favor of her loyalties of her former marriage. She was famously executed for treason by her stepson

Tymofiy Khmelnytsky Tymofiy Bohdanovych Khmelnytsky or Tymish Khmelnytsky (, Tymofiej Chmielnicki; 1632 - September 15, 1653) was the eldest son of Cossack hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky. Married to Moldavian princess Ruxandra Lupu (''Rozanda'' in Ukrainian), daughter ...

during the absence of her spouse.E. Latacz. Czaplianski (także Czaplicki) Daniel // Polski Słownik Biograficzny .- Kraków, 1937. t. IV / 1, sekszyt 16- 96 s.- S. 175.

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