Abstract
Women’s influence on political affairs in 17th-century Poland is a rather problematic matter. Offices and titles were reserved for men only, which means that formally women were completely excluded from political power. However, they could affect it to some extent using their discreet influence – through their husbands, sons or brothers and members of their political parties. This influence was publicly known in many cases but it found very little reflection in official documents. This is the reason why information about this influence could be found only in letters and memoires. The memoires of Albrycht Stanisław Radziwiłł are one of the most useful sources in this case. This was because, one, the author achieved a really high rank in Polish state, and two, his memoires include relatively long (more than 20 years) period of time.
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