Princess Gryzelda Konstancja Wiśniowiecka ''née'' Zamoyska of clan Jelita (27 April 1623 – 17 April 1672) was a Polish

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, known as the mother of King

Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki Michael I (, ; 31 May 1640 – 10 November 1673) was the ruler of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as List of Polish monarchs, King of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Grand Duke of Lithuania from 29 September 1669 until his death in 1673 ...

Life

She was the daughter of Tomasz Zamoyski,

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and

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and Princess Katarzyna Ostrogska. Gryzelda married Prince Jeremi Michał Wiśniowiecki h.

Korybut Kaributas (''Koribut'', ''Korybut'', baptized ''Dmitry''; after 1350 – after 1404) was a son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and reigned in Severian Novgorod until 1393. Kaributas was born some time after 1350 (exact date is unknow ...

on 27 February 1639 in

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and had one son,

King of Poland Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period, a tradition of Royal elections in Poland, free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electab ...

. She became involved in a lengthy legal dispute with Marie Casimire Sobieska. She became involved in domestic politics after her son was elected to the throne, although over time her relationship with him soured. She contributed to her son's marriage to Eleanor of Habsburg, attempting to strengthen his weak authority and striving for an agreement with his political opponents. She probably arranged the marriage of Dymitr Wiśniowiecki with Sobieski's niece, but she failed to bring about a real agreement; over time, she began to lose influence over her son, who reportedly even avoided her company. She died in Zamość on April 17, 1672. According to the wish expressed in her will, she wanted to be buried in the Zamość church, but she was buried in St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw.

Bibliography

* Ilona Czamańska: Wiśniowieccy - monografia rodu. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, 2007;

References

External links

Discussion of the portrait

Polish Biographical Dictionary

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