Situated in Central Europe, with the Baltic Sea to the north, Germany to the left and Russia to the right, Poland is a country of forests and lakes and beautiful ladies. 16 Elżbieta Sieniawska (1669-1729): a noblewoman, Grand Hetmaness of the Crown, and renowned patron of arts. She was described as a ‘woman of nice knowledge, purpose and shrewdness’, and he or she was deployed by her husband on diplomatic missions, duties, and obligations that he could not handle. As […]
