Jadwiga Wypyska (née Łuszkowska; about 1616 in Lviv – after 20 May 1648 in Merkinė) was a Polish noblewoman, known as the mistress of Polish king Ladislaus IV Vasa.

Jadwiga Wypyska
Portrait of a lady with forget-me-nots (Jadwiga Wypyska?), ca. 1640, National Museum in Warsaw[1]
Bornc. 1616
Lwów, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Diedafter 20 May 1648
Merkinė, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Spouse(s)Jan Wypyski
IssueWładysław Konstanty Vasa
FatherJan Łuszkowski
MotherAnna

She was the daughter of merchant Jan Łuszkowski (died 1627) and Anna (died after 1635).

She had a son, Władysław Konstanty Vasa, in 1635,[2] and an unknown daughter, the next year.[citation needed]

In 1637, she married Jan Wypyski, starost of Merkinė (died before 18 December 1647).

References

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  1. ^ Marcin Latka. "Secrets of Polish Vasas captured in art". artinpl. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Scandinavian accents in the Berlin collection of manuscripts Gallica, kept in the Jagiellonian Library in Kraków" (PDF). Fibula Newsletter 1/2009. Retrieved 2009-09-02.

Sources

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  • B. Lubosz Opowieści o sławnych kochankach