Ewelina Hańska
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Eveline Hańska was a Polish noblewoman best known for her marriage to French novelist Honoré de Balzac. Born at the Wierzchownia estate in Volhynia, Hańska married landowner Wacław Hański when she was
Portrait by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 1835
One historian compares the Rzewuski estate in Pohrebysche to "a little kingdom".
Hańska's first husband Wacław Hański was more than twenty years older than her.
In her November 1832 letter, Hańska told Honoré de Balzac: "My heart has leapt as I read your works."
Karolina Sobańska
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Countess Karolina Rozalia Tekla Sobańska was a Polish agent and noblewoman. She was a Russian agent, the mistress of the Tsarist general Jan de Witte and a reputed lover of Poland's national poet Adam
