Długie trwanie wielmożności Od carycy Maryny przez marszałka Michała Mniszcha po Balzaka i pisarzy XX-wiecznych
The long duration of greatness from Tsarina Marina through Marshal Michał Mniszech to Balzac and twentieth-century writers

Summary/Abstract: The first part of the article shows the great ambitions of the Mniszech family (strengthened by the elevation of Maryna Mniszech to the dignity of the Tsarina), visible in the architectural programs and interior furnishings of the subsequent family residences. The second part is devoted to the thread of greatness in the biography and publications of the Grand Marshal of the Crown, Michał Mniszech (18th century). The third part discusses some echoes of the greatness of this Polish magnate family in the work and correspondence of the French writers Balzac and Proust. The ending concerns similar themes in the works and correspondence of Rainer Maria Rilke and Marina Tsvetaeva, who received her first name in honor of the said tsarina from the Polish family.

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