Działalność dyplomatyczna Tomasza Mogilnickiego na rzecz kanclerzyny litewskiej Anny Katarzyny z Sanguszków Radziwiłłowej w latach 1730–1737

Studium z funkcjonowania prywatnej dyplomacji na kobiecym dworze magnackim**

Abstract

The purpose of the article is devoted to the analysis of the activity of Tomasz Mogilnicki, a servant and at the same time a trusted man, employed in the services of the Radziwiłł estate. Mogilnicki was one of the most trusted people of the Anna Katarzyna Radziwiłł née Sanguszko, and her main representative to conduct foreign interests. In the analyzed period Mogilnicki was involved in number of activities in the interests fundamental to Anna Katarzyna - through the politically and diplomatically difficult period of free election after the death of August II, to agitation in the court circle for her sons, as well as the search for ways to obtain royal favor to the Radzivills relatives and close family members. One of the most important matters, however, was negotiating at the Mannheim court over the marriage of Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł to Maria Franciszka Dorota von Sulzbach, granddaughter of Elector Charles III Philip Wittelsbach. The preserved correspondence allows not only to examinate the activity of Mogilnicki himself, but also is an important source for the analysis of the assumptions of the Radziwiłł's marriage and financial policy in the first half of the 18th century.