Elzbieta Helena Sieniawska

The wealthy, well educated lady-in-waiting of the queen Elzbieta Helena Sieniawska, married to Adam Mikolaj Sieniawski, Grand Hetman of the Crown, has finally managed to enforce that her property - inherited from her father the Polish Solomon - is hers and that her husband has no business with her business. Her great wisdom, reason and shrewdness is why she is often deployed on diplomatic missions and other obligations her husband cannot cope with. Many calls her "a great ruler and the First Lady of the Republic". She has meetings with the whole of Europe and is entangled in many political matters, including who will be put upon the our throne. The anti-Habsburg insurrection in Hungary, with the Prince of Transylvania Francis II Rákóczi as leader of the insurrection, had her support and the Prince her love. While trying to negotiate an agreement between the Tsar of Russia and the king of Sweden, she was abducted by the Swedish army and met with the king before she was released. Her husband negotiated with the Tsar his candidature to the throne, something Elzbieta disapproved of and threatened him with divorce if he did not stop the negotiations. Adam Mikolaj Sieniawski never managed to grasp the throne. Her unscrupulous acts as an politician has made Charles XII of Sweden refer to her as "that most accursed woman". She has many secret contacts with different camps and conducts various personal intrigues, many to reduce outside influence in the land.