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Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa


Francesca Ursula Radziwill (February 13, 1705, Chartorysk, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania - May 23, 1753, Navahrudak, the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, now territory of Belarus) - writer and playwright, the first female writer on the territory of modern Poland and Belarus. She was the Princess (equivalent to Duchess), the last female representative of the Wiśniowiecki noble house and a wife of Michael Casimir Radziwill "Rybonka".

Francesca Ursula (Polish: Franciszka Urszula, Belarusian: Frantsishka Urshulia) was the only child of famous and wealthy parents. Her father Prince (the original title of nobility “Knyaz” is translated as prince but equivalent to duke) Janush-Anton Wiśniowiecki (1678-1741) was the Castellan of Kraków, governor of Vilna and Kraków, mayor of Pinsk, and his wife Théophile Leshchinskaya (1680-1757) was a daughter of the Royal epicalyx and cupbearer, governor of Podlasie, mayor of Kovel and Kamenetz.

Francesca received excellent education at home: spoke several European languages, knew the world literature, and wrote poetry. The Wiśniowiecki house was a creative atmosphere: Francesca's father was a talented speaker and writer, he wrote religious tracts, eulogies and religious songs. At his Court in Chartorysk there was an active Chapel, also, the uncle of Princess Michal Servatsy Wiśniowiecki had the Court Theatre, and perhaps he wrote plays for it.

On April 23, 1725 Francesca married Michael Casimir Radziwill "Rybonka", maecenas and head of the most wealthy family in the country. He was the IX ordinate of Nesvizh (later - the great Lithuanian hetman). In marriage they had four children:


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