Paweł Działyński
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Elizabeth I, c. 1600
Paweł Działyński (Latin: Paulus Dzialinski; born 1560 – died 1609) of Ogończyk coat of arms, was a Polish courtier, royal secretary, ambassador and governor of Bobrowniki and Radziejów.[1]
Inspiration[]
It is possible that the character Polonius from Shakespeare's Hamlet was inspired by Działyński.
The in The Netherlands exhibits an anonymous painting, depicting Działyński as head of a Polish envoy delegation to the Dutch Republic in July 1597.
References[]
Categories:
- Polish nobility
- Ambassadors of Poland to England
- 1560 births
- 1609 deaths