Helena Radziwiłłowa

Helena Radziwiłłowa (1753-1821) was a Polish aristocrat.[1]

She was, for a period, a lady-in-waiting to Catherine the Great. She married the Polish magnate and politician Michał Hieronim Radziwiłł in 1771. She was widely known for her love affairs and was the lover of Stanisław August Poniatowski as well as of Otto Magnus von Stackelberg (ambassador), who benefitted the career of her spouse.

References
  1. Stanisław Małachowski-Łempicki, Wykaz polskich lóż wolnomularskich oraz ich członków w latach 1738-1821, w: Archiwum Komisji Historycznej, t. XIV, Kraków 1930

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