Magdalena Agnieszka Sapieżyna (1739-1780), was a Polish aristocrat. She was known as the mistress of King

Stanisław August Poniatowski Stanisław II August (born Stanisław Antoni Poniatowski; 17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798), known also by his regnal Latin name Stanislaus II Augustus, and as Stanisław August Poniatowski (), was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuani ...

and had a child with him, Michał Cichocki, in 1770.

Life

She was born as daughter of Prince Antoni Benedykt Lubomirski and his wife Anna Zofia Ożarowska (1716-1759). She married first to Prince Józef

Lubomirski The House of Lubomirski is a Princely Houses of Poland, Polish princely family. The Lubomirski family's coat of arms is the Drużyna coat of arms, which is similar to the Szreniawa coat of arms but without a cross. Origin and the coat ...

in 1755, and secondly to Prince Aleksander Michał Sapieha in 1757. She was interested in politics and influenced and supported the political career of her spouse. In 1762, she supported him against Count

Heinrich von Brühl Heinrich, Count von Brühl (, 13 August 170028 October 1763), was a Polish-Saxon statesman at the court of Electorate of Saxony, Saxony and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and a member of the powerful German von Brühl family. The incumbenc ...

, and in April 1763, she participated alongside him in the Vilnius court. She agitated in the court in favor of Prince

Michał Józef Massalski Prince Michał Józef Masalski () (c. 1700–1768) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman (szlachcic). He was Grand Writer of Lithuania and starost of Grodno from 1726, voivode of Mscislaw Voivodeship from 1737, castellan of Trakai from 1742, ca ...

. During the interregnum of 1763, she persuade her spouse to join the

Familia (political party) The Familia ("The Family", from Latin ''familia'') was the name of an 18th-century Polish political faction led by the House of Czartoryski and allied families. It was formed towards the end of the reign of King of Poland Augustus II the Strong ...

. From about 1763, she had an affair with king Stanisław August Poniatowski in parallel with Elżbieta Branicka, but her affair was more discreet. It is noted that she and her spouse did not live together in 1765–1772, and she was given an allowance by the king. Her husband was not willing to be named as the father of some of the children she gave birth to during these years. She is known as a patron of theater. During the 1770s, she was a member of a theatrical society and the family managed several theaters in their palaces.

References

* Stanisław Kirkor "Pod sztandarami Napoleona", wyd. Ofcyna poetów i malarzy, Londyn 1982
Sapieżyna z Lubomirskich Magdalena Agnieszka
In:

Polski słownik biograficzny ''Polski Słownik Biograficzny'' (''PSB''; Polish Biographical Dictionary) is a Polish-language biographical dictionary, comprising an alphabetically arranged compilation of authoritative biographies of some 25,000 notable Poles and of foreigner ...

. Vol. 35. 1994. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sapiezyna, Magdalena Agnieszka 1780 deaths Mistresses of Stanisław August Poniatowski 1739 births 18th-century Polish women