Paweł Działyński


Paweł Działyński of Ogończyk coat of arms, was a Polish courtier, royal secretary, ambassador and governor of Bobrowniki and Radziejów.

Inspiration

It is possible that the character Polonius from Shakespeare's Hamlet was inspired by Działyński.
The Haags Historisch Museum in The Netherlands exhibits an anonymous painting, depicting Działyński as head of a Polish envoy delegation to the Dutch Republic in July 1597.