Maria Radziwiłł
Maria Radziwiłł (born Maria Lupu around 1625 in Moldavia; died 14 or 15 January 1660 in Lutsk, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) was a Moldavian Patron saints of places, patroness and wife of the Lithuanian Grand Hetman Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655), Janusz Radziwiłł. Life Maria was a daughter of the Moldavian voivode Vasile Lupu and of Todoșca Costea Soldan family, Soldan. Her sister Ruxandra became the wife of the military leader Tymofiy Khmelnytsky, and her half-brother Ștefăniță Lupu became the Prince of Moldavia. Maria received an education, learning to speak Greek and Latin languages, and later also Polish. In 1645 she married the Grand Chamberlain of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania Janusz Radziwiłł (1612–1655), Janusz Radziwiłł after the death of his first wife Katarzyna. This marriage was intended to strengthen the political alliance between the Principality of Moldavia and Poland-Lithuania. The pompous ceremony in the cathedral in Iași was chaired by the ...
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