Urszula Meyerin

Urszula Meyerin
Alleged portrait of Urszula Meyerin, 1599
Born1570
near Munich, Duchy of Bavaria
Died1635
Warsaw, Poland
MotherAnna

Urszula Meyerin (also, Meierin; 1570–1635) was a politically influential Polish courtier and mistress to King Sigismund III of Poland. Her real surname may have been Gienger (or Gienger von Grünbüchl), but that remains in dispute;[1] she signed her letters Ursula Meyerin. In the German language, that surname means "chamberlain", "administrator", "manager".

  1. ^ Władysław Czapliński, Władysław IV i jego czasy (Władysław IV and His Times). PW "Wiedza Poweszechna". Warszawa 1976, p. 18

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