Paweł Działyński

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A stained glass representation of Polonius from Shakespeare's Hamlet

Elizabeth I, c. 1600

Sigismund III

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.

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